Ruusuvuori, his first rival in Madrid, is one of Alcaraz’s (several) pending challenges

These are mostly anecdotal numbers when Carlos Alcaraz He is still taking his first steps on the ATP circuit, but their stability and the speed with which the world number 2 is devouring records makes everyday situations strange. It is in this context that the Alcaraz’s private face to face with his rival this Friday at second round of the Madrid Masters 1000the finn Emil Ruusuvuori.

The Nordic tennis player defeated the Spaniard two years ago in the first round of Miami, when Alcaraz was still taking his first steps on the circuit. He defeated him in a competition by 6-4, 2-6 and 7-5 in what is the debut of Juan Carlos Ferrero’s student in a Masters 1000.

Ruusuvuori and Alcaraz have not seen each other since, an event that has since gone the anecdotal situation that the Finn was one of the ten tennis players whom the young man from El Palmar lost head-to-head. He was also one of seven players against whom, largely because he had no revenge option, he did not add victories.

All, on a long list of eighty-four rivals so far in his career. Against sixty of them he was undefeated, against five he won head-to-head despite losing once, against nine he tied it and, in reference to those who dominated him in particular duels, He’s lost three times but he’s lost against them more times and he’s undefeated seven times.

A particular list, small in terms of names, which constitutes Rafael Nadal (1-2 for the Balearic Islands), Alexander Zverev (1-3 for German), Felix Auger-Aliassime (also a 1-3) and seven other players the Murcian has yet to beat. Alcaraz lost both of his fights mikael ymer and he also gave up his only match played against Alexander Erler, Hugo Gaston, Lorenzo Musetti, Lorenzo Sonego, Thiago Monteiro and Ruusuvuori. The statistics are more than anecdotal, but where the world number 2 wants to continue to overcome pending challenges. The next target, Finn.