Alcaraz, a steamroller in the round of 16 in Miami

Carlos Alcarazthe youngest world number 1 in history at the age of 19, is now in predatory mode at ATP tennis circuit. It is not only his achievements, but how he achieves them, that conveys a sense of superiority that even translates into impotence to his opponents.

with the star of Miami Heat Jimmy Butler on the track, Dusan Lajovic32 years old and number 76 in the ranking, his last victim this Sunday in the 3rd round of Masters 1,000 on a difficult path Miami (United States)where the Spaniard showed himself one more day as a relentless steamroller with his rivals, even if he was briefly confused in the second set: 6-0 and 7-6 (5) in 1h.31′.

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The Murcian player will face the dangerous player on Tuesday in the round of 16 tommy paul (19th), semifinalist in the latter australia tomorrow who defeated Carlos in his only precedent, last year in the 2nd round of Montreal (6-7, 7-6 and 6-3). The American went to the round of 16 at the expense of the man from Malaga Alexander Davidovich (6-3, 7-5)

Just like he did in his debut against the Argentine Facundo Bagnis (6-0, 6-2), Alcaraz won the first set, endorsing Lajovic 6-0, with several points already in the 32 minutes of the set, giving another sign that his ball speed is in command now with his fist .iron in the circuit.

“Alcaraz is the Tyson of tennis because he can hit those forehands with the racket. There are punches that move Daniil 10 meters with brutal power and speed,” he compared the other day. Gilles Cervarathe Russian coach Daniel Medvedevwith nothing to do in the final last Sunday in Indian Wellswhere Carlos was crowned champion 6-3 and 6-2.

Lajovic, pupil of the Catalan coach Joseph Pearls, won his first game at the start of the second round, but Alcaraz broke his serve in the third game to put victory on track. At 5-4, Carlos served to close the game, but then he played his worst game, many errors made it easy for the Serb to break (5-5) and he had to go to a tiebreak to seal his pass in the round of 16. Alcaraz hit 27 winners to Lajovic’s eight, who made the same unforced errors as Murcian (15).

It was Alcaraz’s fourth win over Lajovic in four matches and eighth in a row on the tour counting his Indian Wells title. His only loss in 2023 was conditioned by an injury that prevented him from competing at 100% in the final of Rio de Janeiro against Cameron Norrie. The other 16 games count as victories. Tommy Paul will have a tougher test on Tuesday if he wants to get his 17th victory of the year.