Davidovich left Alcaraz in a bad way

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Carlos Alcaraz will play this Saturday against British Daniel Evans in his third round match at the US Open. The champion and world number one is looking to reaffirm the title, not even against the Serbian Novak Djokovic, favorite to complete another Grand Slam final with the Murcian.

She is the only Spaniard left in the individual charts in New York, of eight, five men and three women, who have access to them.

This Friday, on just the fifth day, he said goodbye Alexander Davidovich. Left alone Carlos Alcarazand not in a very good way as the man from Malaga paid dearly for a sound start against a rival as dangerous as the American Tommy Paul.

The Andalusian, a victim of nerves, gave two sets. An excess of ballast despite the fact that there is a hint of reaction. They gave 6-1, 6-0, 3-6 and 6-3 in 2h.19′.

It’s a pity because the student of Jorge Aguirre He showed that he is ready for interesting results. A semifinalist in Toronto, he sought a third appearance in the round of 16 of the US Open, a tournament he hails from. But they gave up enough of an advantage to an opponent who needed no extra fuel to get into the fourth round, marking their best home result.

Paul26 years old and number 14, is one of those rivals that nobody wants to get in the way of, just like title contenders who don’t want to measure themselves against Davidovich. The American was a semifinalist at the Australian Open, also in Toronto, where he lost Carlos Alcarazwho got revenge the following week in Cincinnati.

The North American had the starting advantage of a favorable balance in the two previous confrontations this season: 6-2, 2-6, 6-7, 6-3 and 6-4 at the Australian Open; 6-3 and 7-5 in Miami.

The meeting promised equality, emotion and long duration. With the Davidovich that came into play hopefully is possible. It’s too late against a big opponent. When Alex pushed, Tommy calmly responded with a favorable score.

Paul, in the eighth match Ben Shelton either Aslan Karatsev. Davidovich has an appointment at Davis cupin Valencia from September 12 to 17 as number two of the Spanish team that he will captain david ferrerwho cheered from the box at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

Source: La Verdad

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