Monday, November 13, 2023. Pala Alpitour of Turin. It’s half past two in the afternoon. Carlos Alcaraz He knows the stage, having received the world number one trophy there last season, which he was unable to complete as an abdominal injury kept him out of what would have been his first ATP Finals.
Their debut at the Masters they once won Manolo Orantes and Alex Corretjato fight Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer and most of all, Rafael Nadalwas delayed for twelve months.
Now he will settle this pending account at the meeting of the eight masters as soon as he jumps into the headquarters installed in the Italian pavilion dressed as a tennis player and holding a racket. Ready to compete, no physical problems and with a few extra days of refreshment because the results are not with him so far in the culmination of a very good course: 63 games won and 10 lost, six titles, incl. the second Grand Slam by winning Wimbledon.
However, the No. 1 trophy of the year he lifted in Turin is out of reach. He will bring it home Novak Djokovicwho confirmed his leadership in 2022 on the opening day, defeating the Dane Holger Rune.
The ranking can no longer be part of the pending accounts that Alcaraz currently has, as it is not dependent on himself. Yes, it’s a result of a slight decline in his tennis and his physique that has hindered his performance since his loss in the US Open semifinals against the Russian. Daniel Medvedev.
Since that day, five wins and four losses. Nine matches that do not match the general level of the tennis player of El Palmar. After New York, missing the Davis Cup due to fatigue, semifinals in Beijing, round of 16 in Shanghai, loss in Basel due to discomfort in the plantar fascia of the left foot and muscle fatigue in the lower back, and first defeat in Paris – Bercy.
Alcaraz wants to break out of this negative trend, rediscover success after consecutive defeats in Grigor Dimitrovin Shanghai, and Roman Safiullinin Paris.
“I’m going to make my debut at the ATP Finals and we will gonna enjoy it as much as possible. For me it is a gift to be here although obviously I have earned it,” he said. Alcaraz. And to regain the smile, there is nothing better than opening the Red Group by continuing its game and decorating it with victory.
He will face the two-time champion of the tournament, the German Alexander Zverev 26 years old and world number 7. He has yet to deliver the tennis that led him to dominate the 2018 and 2021 editions, but he confirmed his progress after a serious interruption of his career due to an ankle injury that achieved in the semi-finals of Roland Garros 2022.
In that tournament, the German lost Carlos Alcaraz, in one of their six confrontations. The balance is 3-3, but the Spaniard has been superior in this campaign on the soil of Madrid (6-1 and 6-2) and the hard court quarterfinals of the US Open (6-3, 6-2 and 6-) . 4).
Even indoors and a fast surface enhances the properties of Zverev, his last weeks were not very bright. There has been more talk about him because of domestic violence issues with one of his ex-partners, which is continuing his journey through court. He won the ATP 250 tournament in Chengdu on the Asian tour, but then he lost. Although he is in the Final Masters for the sixth time.
“I feel great and I’m one hundred percent,” proclaims Alcaraz, who seeks to recover his essence in this demanding and stimulating closure. In the hope that the body, with the logical fatigue of a long campaign, will accompany.
Later, in the evening session (9:00 pm), the group’s Russian derby, Daniel Medvedev vs. Andrey Rublev. The event can be seen on television on Movistar Plus+ or on TennisTV streaming. As well as live broadcasts, and specific information, on the Mundo Deportivo website.
This Monday’s program
(12:00 hours)
W. Koolhof/N. Skupski-R. Hijikata/J. Kubler
(not before 2:30 pm/Red Group)
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/2)-Alexander Zverev (Ale/7)
(not before 6:30 pm)
R. Bopanna/M. Ebden-R. Ram/J. Salisbury
(not before 9:00 pm/Red Group)
Daniil Medvedev (Rus/3)-Andrey Rublev (Rus/5)
Source: La Verdad
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