Carlos Alcaraz He aims for a trash can to perfect one of his most characteristic shots, the drop shot. Make each attempt near the baseline, cutting the ball with your right. In the fourth trial, the ball falls into the container, which is located at the specific point the coach wants it to be, Juan Carlos Ferrero. This prompts an uproar from Shanghai’s dedicated public, which sees for the first time how the 20-year-old world No. 2 from Murcia his time.
Their goal is to win one again and keep it until the end of this season. Without Serbian Novak Djokovic In Chinese countries, every point is gold for Carlos Alcarazwho reached the semis in Beijing and made his Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 debut, beating the Frenchman Grégoire Barrère by 6-2 and 7-5.
He is sure of 45 points, this Monday he wants to expand this number to 90. In the vocation to do the whole 1,000, to become the champion of an event that returns to the calendar after four years, leaving the break caused by covid.
The El Palmar tennis player left the hotel on Sunday without meeting his opponent in the round of 32. He took shelter from the rain under the roof of the center court. The rest of the courts do not have this technological facility, which has caused many cancellations.
Alcaraz sensed where things were going. No surprises. On that Monday he will be rivaled by the British Daniel Evans, who had a more peaceful Sunday than he expected. With no threat of rain, in 50 minutes he resolved his commitment to the Kazakh veteran Mikhail Kukushkinwho came from the previous stage and opted for withdrawal when he lost 6-2, 3-0.
The Spaniard prepared to sign a hat trick with Evans, 33 years old and world number 33. He has beaten him twice this season. He will be looking for a third, fourth overall, after his victories in the last US Open (6-2, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-3 in the round of 32) and Godó (6-2 and 6-2 in the semifinals).
“Looks like I have options,” he confirmed. Alcaraz some positive feelings a few days after giving up Jannik Sinner in Beijing. “I want to play with him o Medvedeveven if they are difficult,” he said. It is in the final against the Italian or Russian, who are on the other side of the draw in Shanghai.
Source: La Verdad
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