the south africa Lloyd Harris He defeated Rafa Nadal at the tournament in Washington, limping in his left foot and ending up not playing the 2021 season. His excellent serve and forehand, tennis aggressiveness with a tendency to close the net quickly, stood out in the circuit.
At the age of 24, he promised strong emotions, and he immediately proved them by standing in the quarterfinals of the US Open in 2021, leaving Karen Khachanov, Denis Shapovalov or Reilly Opelkauntil a company hits Alexander Zverev.
It is world number 31, regardless of its current position of 177. If he enters the table directly for this US Open 2023, it is because he took the possibility of protected ranking, to access the classification before a relegation caused by serious injury.
Rupture of the triangular fibrocartilage of the wrist required a visit to the operating room, six months without competing, throughout the second half of last year.
He returned last January. It was difficult for him to regain his physical tone, especially, and maintain regularity in his game. He had a great week on grass in Mallorca, where he made it to the semifinals.
This Thursday, Spanish Friday morning (1:00 am), he will face for the first time in an official match the US Open champion and world No. 1, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz.
“We know each other, we trained together. More or less we know how he plays, what his style is. He is a very aggressive player, with great shots,” the Murcian commented on his second-round opponent. .
Harris he even gave details hours before their confrontation. He recalled that he met a 15-year-old Alcaraz at the JC Ferrero Equelite Academy, in Villena, where he would train during the European clay court season.
It was a bitter experience, because he suffered from the strength of the boy, although the calculation of the sets played turned out to be favorable. This is how he explained it on the official ATP website: “The speed of his forehand was incredible. The weight, the speed. It was, without a doubt, his strong point at the time. Now I can say a lot more about him because he is an incredible player”.
The memory is fresh: “I trained every day with Carlos. He hit the forehand better than me and I thought: this is a problem. But I was able to beat him in sets.”
The panorama has changed a lot since then: “His path is incredible, what he achieved. And what talent!”, Harris declared to ATP, warning that he does not want to explain about Alcaraz because he wants to forget all to try to put him in the jam on Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.
Source: La Verdad
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