Carlos Alcaraz is facing Roman Safiullin in the second round of Paris-Bercy Masters 1000, the last tournament of this category of the season. The world number 2 will make his debut in a competition that marks his return weeks after his early exit from the Shanghai Masters 1000.
Alcaraz He played on the Asian tour in Beijing and Shanghai, which were his first two tournaments after the US Open. In the first event he reached the semifinals, where he lost in two set matches Jannik Sinner, and in the second he was surprised in the round of 16 by Grigor Dimitrov. He was scheduled to play last week at Basel ATP 500but decided to forego that tournament due to injury to focus on the end of the season.
Paris is your penultimate event of the year, since then the ATP Finals. Alcaraz One of his goals in these two tournaments is to fight for the world number 1 he currently holds. Novak Djokovic. The Spanish tennis player is five hundred points behind the Serbian in the ‘race’, the annual classification, so he knows that it is up to him to reach that step.
Djokovic He is surely another big favorite of the team for victory in Paris. With him in training Alcaraz these past few days, where the good relationship between the two was seen. But to reach a possible duel with the Serbian, Alcaraz still has many steps left, ready to regain confidence and his best game to try to fight a seventh title in a spectacular season in which he won Wimbledon, the Indian Wells and Madrid Masters 1000 and the Buenos Aires, Barcelona and Queen’s tournaments.
From Wimbledon has not shown his best feelings and the first step to recover them is Roman Safiullin, a Russian tennis player ranked 45th in the ATP rankings who is experiencing the best moments of his career this year. Just a month ago he reached his highest ranking after reaching 41st place, as he managed to qualify for his first final, the one in Chengdu. Here he was defeated in a contested battle Alexander Zverev.
He will now also try to fight Alcaraz. This match will be the first to measure both players on the circuit, with the Spaniard the clear favorite to win but knowing he cannot trust himself against an unbeatable rival. The winner will face the winner in the round of 16 Karen Khachanov-Laslo Djere.
When is Alcaraz – Safiullin played?
The match is played this Tuesday, October 31, not before 7:30 pm
Where is Alcaraz – Safiullin located?
The meeting will be seen by Movistar Sports (63)channel of Movistar Plus platform. You can also see it on the channel ATP Tennis TV, from the official ATP subscription website. You can follow all the information about the match live on Mundo Deportivo website.
Source: La Verdad
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