Carlos Alcaraz and Roma, the third time is the charm

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Carlos Alcaraz covered in Madrid he fourth Masters 1000 and the tenth ATP title of his career, amazing data for his recent twenty years. In recent months he has achieved many victories in the best tournaments in the world. But, surprisingly, while some of them have a long history behind them, in others he had not yet written the first letter.

This is the case of Rome. Alcaraz, with a post-pandemic outbreak and, therefore, with eight Masters 1000 tournaments available on the calendar (Shanghai will finally return to the calendar this year, as it has not been played since 2019), He played them all except one: the Italian. In this way, this week he will debut in one of the great events that still does not appear in his history of tournaments played.

Alcaraz started playing big tournaments in 2021, the year he rose from 141st place in the world ranking to 32nd. This indicates that he started the season without enough points to be able to play the main events. However, Debuted in a Masters 1000 after receiving an invitation to the dispute Miami. Later, he was also invited Madrid (he won his first match in this category before losing in the second round against Rafa Nadal), he passed the preliminary round of cincinnati and all the laws have been played with Indian Wells (then disputed in October) and Paris.

Ultimately, he played in five of the eight Masters 1000s. Among them is not Rome. At that time, the Spaniard was still gaining rankings and combined tournaments on the main circuit with the challenger circuit. Then, he played the Oeiras Challenger (which he also won) as the last stop between Madrid and Roland Garros.

Meanwhile, last year he debuted in two more contests in the category. poorly done on Monte Carlo, where he fell in the first exchange with Sebastian Korda after a difficult transition from hard courts to clay after winning in Miami. As he played seven of the eight Masters 1000s on the calendar, also making his year-end debut in a Paris-Bercy where he was injured, which ruled him out of playing in the ATP Finals.

He just turned his back on Rome. He did it after, like this year, winning in Barcelona and Madrid. however, the extension of the Italian tournament dates this season by two weeks This means more rest time to gather the necessary energy to allow him to attack one of the few squares where he has not been seen. The Italian is one of four major tournaments that he has not yet played, with the impossibility of doing so in shanghaithose ATP Finals and the Olympic Gamesthat he resigned in 2021.

A high percentage of success in the tournaments played in his career: three editions were played, at least one title

So, this 2023 gives you the opportunity to a debut with high expectations from the start in the Italian tournament. That’s another fact Alcaraz wants to do: to add a new conquest to his long list of achievements. In two titles in Madrid, one in Indian Wells and another in Miami, his Masters 1000 record is growing at a rapid pace. With only four events on the calendar played this 2023 (he has played three, since resigning in Monte Carlo), Alcaraz has already matched the two trophies in this category that he won last season. Time and tournaments await to try to improve that statistic.

surprisingly, Indian Wells, Miami and Madrid are the only three Masters 1000s where he has played in the final draw on at least three occasions. The other two tournaments in which he played in the final draw in three different seasons were Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro, which he also won. That means, Alcaraz won at least once in every event he played in the three editions.

A brutal statistic that aims to break sooner rather than later, but it will try to expand the search for one on one in Rome. To date, there have been fifteen Masters 1000s contested throughout his career and, with those four trophies, his success rate is a high 26.67%: one of the four contenders won.

The desire to continue to expand the percentages will help Alcaraz give continuity to him Good start to 2023: 31 games and 29 wins. Cameron Norrie (in the final in Rio de Janeiro) and Jannik Sinner (in the semifinals in Miami) avoided the plenary session in a year in which Alcaraz won at least one set in all matches played.

In a bid to continue increasing their amazing numbers, third time lucky on his debut in Rome after their absence in 2021 and 2022. It’s been a long time coming, but it’s coming. Meanwhile, the court will say, in a tournament with Novak Djokovic present and where Alcaraz will replace the number 1 in the world (you only need to debut to achieve this), if there is also an option ekis is the most wanted pending challenge in the Foro Italico next Sunday May 21: add another notch to his record.

Source: La Verdad

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