Carlos Alcaraz will try this Wednesday, at 2:30 pm, to keep alive his chances of qualifying for the semifinals of the ATP Finals, achieving his first victory at the event at the expense of the Russian. Andrey Rublev.
Turin, however, will certainly see a Spaniard in Saturday’s semifinals. Alcaraz, 20 years old, is a Masters Cup debutant; Marcel Granollers37, is well aware of a tournament he will compete in for the eighth time.
Champion in 2012 when he was partnered with Marc López, he is on his way to a second crown, now with the Argentine Horacio Zeballos, 38 years. In their fourth participation as a duo, they have tied the semifinals of 2020 and 2021.
The couple number five in the world ranking, resolved their classification on the second day of the Green Group by defeating the double number 1 of the moment, consisting of the Croatian Ivan Dodig and the American Austin Krajicek.
Succeeding 6-4 and 6-4 in one hour and 27 minutes, which meant passing because his first day’s victims (2-6, 6-3, 10-7) were new, the Mexican Santiago Gonzalez and the french Edouard Roger-Vasselin they defeated the Argentines 6-4 and 6-4 Máximo González and Andrés Molteni.
Granollers and Zeballos, this season’s champions in Shanghai, finalists at Wimbledon and semi-finalists at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, are 2-0 at the top of the group. They also have the final leadership assured, even the fighting against González and Molteni (0-2), on Thursday.
On that day, second place was in direct contention Dodig-Krajicek and González/Roger-Vasselinboth pairs are currently 1-1.
Source: La Verdad
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