Carlos Alcaraz is raising his level in Beijing. After a hesitant start against Hanfmann, the Murcian gave a real exhibition this Sunday against Lorenzo Musetti, whom he defeated 6-2, 6-2 before a passionate Chinese audience who enjoyed his tennis for the first time.
And the number 2 in the world is the great attraction of the tournament, which makes it even more surprising the organization decided to schedule its quarterfinal match against Casper Ruud outside center court.
Spanish and Norwegian They will meet this Monday (not before 1:00 pm Spanish time) in the match that will close the day at the Lotus track.the second in importance, where WTA number 2, Iga Swiatek, will also play against Castellón-born Sara Sorribes.
This is the first time in a long time that Alcaraz will play from center court in a non-Grand Slam tournament.a decision that is all the more surprising when we consider that this is the only match for the men’s team to be played at the Lotus track.
The other three quarterfinals are scheduled on center courtincluding the two first round duels from the women’s draw, Gauff-Alexandrova and Rybakina-Zheng.
The organization of the China Open this Sunday had to deal with the complaints about the schedule of the round of 16 match between Alexander Zverev and Alejandro Davidovichwhich started at midnight local time and ended at 2:35 a.m. on an almost empty track.
“I am happy with the victory, but not with playing this match in these conditions. It was very difficult to compete until almost 03:00 am and I don’t think the tournament made the right decision by forcing us to play in these situations,” Zverev lamented in the press room.
“They should have let us play on another court because it was all over and we have to wait until twelve o’clock at night to start” continued the German, who complained bitterly last year about a similar situation at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Source: La Verdad
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