Carlos Alcaraz dispute your match quarter finals within ATP 500 Rio de Janeiroagainst Serbian Dusan Lajovic. The Spaniard arrives at this stage of the tournament, on clay, with morale through the roof after winning the tournament Buenos Aires.
In his debut, he defeated the local Mateus Alves, by 6-4, 6-4. However, he had to fight hard against the Italian veteran Fabio Fognini in the round of 16. Their first set was left in a tie-break but he was able to react and win the next two sets to stay alive in the tournament, with a 6-7(5), 6-2 and 6-4.
again, Alcaraz will argue this tournament in Rio as one of the great favorites to conquer it. The young Spanish tennis player returns to this South American tour after his injury, which prevented him from playing in australia tomorrow. He has been completely successful in Buenos Aireswhere he won Cameron Norrie Eventually (6-3, 7-5).
The Murcian, planted first Rio de Janeiro, starts as a favorite but on clay he has a tough box ahead. He had experienced a lot before Fabio Fognini, one of the most erratic yet dangerous tennis players on clay. Now it is measured in Lajovic, against the one he had already faced in Buenos Aires, with the result in his favor 6-4, 6-2.
The young Spanish tennis player defend the title achieved last season at this ATP 500, where he defeated Diego Schwartzman in the final. Alcaraz won his first title in this category in this competition, so he will have a lot of motivation. He has been expressing all week how special this tournament is for him, as it was also in Rio that he achieved his first ATP victory.
Loss to Australia due to injury is not allowed Alcaraz defend his number 1 in the world, which he took from him Novak Djokovic. Spanish, however, covers the second place in the ranking and he will try to defend his title in Rio, but he will have a formidable obstacle in Serbian tennis playerwho in the previous round defeated his compatriot Laslo Djere by 6-2 and 6-4.
Alcaraz he had a great season last year, becoming the youngest number 1 in history. On clay, he succeeded the Masters 1000 of Madrid, the ATP 500 of Conde de Godó in Barcelona and it won too ATP 500 Rio de Janeiro. In addition, he succeeded US Open and in Miami Masters 1000, on a difficult path. The young man from Murcia, almost 19 years old, wants to continue growing on clay and aspires to conquer one day Roland Garros.
His next step in trying to increase his record this week is a dusan lajovic which occupies position 80 in the ranking. Exactly, the Serb beat Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4 in his debut before beating Djere later. The face to face between the two players is favorable for the Spaniard because of 2-0thanks to the victories at the Australian Open and in Buenos Aires.
When was Alcaraz-Lajovic played?
the game is played This Friday, February 24, not before 10:00 pm
Where is Alcaraz – Lajovic located?
The meeting will be seen by Movistar Sports (59)platform channel Movistar Plus. You can follow all the information about the match and the tournament by sports world website.
Source: La Verdad
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