There was blood, sweat and tears, but Carlos Alcaraz continued at the Cincinnati Masters 1000. The world number 1 suffered a lot, both in his debut against Jordan Thompson (7-5, 4-6, 6-3) and the previous morning to prevail against his ‘black beast’ Tommy Paul (7- 6, 6 – 7, 6-3), to reach the quarterfinals.
There will face one of the great revelations of the tournament, Max Purcella player unknown to the general public ranked 70th in the world rankings this week.
The Australian is in full form, as shown by the five consecutive victories he has added in recent days.: Two in qualifying and three in the main draw against the likes of Lloyd Harris (6-4, 6-4), Casper Ruud (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) and Stan Wawrinka (6 -4, 6 ). -2).
“He is playing at a very high level, he has beaten very, very good players. I haven’t seen him play yet, I’ll have to watch some videos, some games he played in recent tournaments, see where he is weak, where he is better, and from there talk to Juan Carlos (Ferrero) and see the tactics of the game. If he is there, he deserves it, and we will try to show our best level to try to win and play our first semifinals here,” said Alcaraz in the press conference after his duel with Tommy Paul.
This will be the first confrontation between the two, a match that will be held on the center court and at a perfect time for the Spanish public, because it starts no earlier than 9:00 pmafter the match that will determine his opponent in the semifinals and will face Pole Hubert Hurkacz and Australian Alexei Popyrin.
If he wins the title in Cincinnati, Alcaraz will leave the tournament with 7,855 points and stay on top before facing the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam of the season and where he will defend his title.
Novak Djokovicwho at 36 years old continues to be the main threat for the man from El Palmar as number 2 in the ranking, has 6,125 career points on the year after also clearing two rounds in Ohio -6-4 and withdrawal against Alejandro Davidovich from Malaga and 6-3 and 6-2 against Frenchman Gael Monfils-.
In the live classification for number 1 of the ATP Alcaraz commands with 9,395 points, which is 420 more than Belgradewhose next opponent is the American Taylor Fritz, 25 years old and ninth in the ATP ranking.
Source: La Verdad
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