40-40: Excellent parallel backhand from Gasquet to the baseline. He took a risk, he won. FOUR BREAK BALLS COVERED BY FRENCH.
30-40 Alcaraz: FOURTH BREAK BALL for the Spaniard, who went three short in the opening game of the match.
15-30 Alcaraz: He already has three break points in the first game. Find a hole, stop Gasquet’s good start, having lost all five games in his previous Grand Slam.
Carlos Alcaraz – Richard Gasquet: 2-2
Alcaraz’s game was blank, his first. Increase in percentage of first sacks.
40-0 Alcaraz: Having mastery on the serve.
Carlos Alcaraz – Richard Gasquet: 1-2
I play 30 Gasquet, withstand the pulse set by Alcaraz, who wants a strong rhythm.
30-30: Gasquet, clean and effective punch. He often runs the ball.
15-30 Alcaraz: There is no rest in this match, with great quality between a star on his way to the top and a veteran who is technically a virtuoso. Gasquet has reached the round of 16 of the Australian Open four times, his best result at this event.
Carlos Alcaraz – Richard Gasquet 1-1
Alcaraz game, six minutes of work and coming back from break point. His rival, Richard Gasquet, was over the limit. The Spanish could have maintained this ferocious pace for much longer.
Equal: Right parallel to the Alcaraz network. START OF THE MARATHON. After the first game of 8 minutes, the second one continues at 5.
both: Rafa Nadal’s tactics against Richard Gasquet. Alcaraz found the Frenchman’s one-handed backhand with a heavy, high ball. The return of the Frenchman to the network. SAVE BREAK CHARLY’S BALL.
30-40 Gasquet: Alcaraz has mixed up a bit with his punches, misses and IT’S THE FRENCH’S BREAK BALL. The Spaniard had three in his favor, and removed them.
30-30: Alcaraz’s first double fault.
30-15 Alcaraz: New serve and volley from Murcia, who has worked hard this season on serve and otherwise. He wanted to command more than usual, to gain the initiative immediately.
15-0: Carlos Alcaraz, serve and volley to resolve his first serve point. Determined. The Spanish look forward to tennis.
Carlos Alcaraz – Richard Gasquet 0-1
Gasquet saves his serve, returns three break balls. The Frenchman was sweating, surviving for now after eight minutes of fighting.
Marathon Game Starter: 8 minutes, new both.
Advantages of gasket: First ace for the French.
New deuce: Six minutes into the game, Richard Gasquet also raised a third breaking ball, survived Carlos Alcaraz’s attack.
Equal: Richard Gasquet’s first serve was effective, two break points returned.
Advantages of Alcaraz: SECOND BREAK BALL. Big parallel backhand winner. Great shots to be the first official match of the season. He already said he doesn’t need a tournament to get in the mood.
Same: Alcaraz long break, He misses his first break ball.
Advantages of Alcaraz, FIRST BREAK BALL. Closed the point in the net with a volley. The Spanish was electric from the start.
40-40: First deuce after double fault by Richard Gasquet
30-30: Excellence from Alcaraz, left first then crossed to the right to stun Gasquet.
30-15: Gasquet showing his high-touch tennis, technically almost perfect. In the latter stage of his career, he suffered from being a contemporary of Rafa Nadal, with whom he fought head-to-head in the base categories. Then he didn’t, and it had a lot to do with how he was viewed in his country.
Carlos Alcaraz – Richard Gasquet 0-0
To serve Richard Gasquet, who chose it after winning the toss.
The premiere of Carlos Alcaraz
He played two exhibition matches on the same Rod Laver Arena court, losing to Alex de Minaur and beat Casper Ruud. This is his official season debut. He has not played on the circuit since losing in the semifinals of the ATP Finals match Novak Djokovicin November.
No sleeves
Carlos Alcaraz He chose a sleeveless shirt. Heat in Melbourne, the Danish Holger Rune also joined the fashion this year.
Players on the court
In reverse order of the world ranking, Richard Gasquet entered the Rod Laver Arena first and Carlos Alcaraz later. The last match of the day, 9pm in Melbourne.
The second round crossover match is at stake
Carlos Alcaraz, if he fulfills his prediction against Richard Gasquet, will play again on Thursday, in the second round match against the winner of a match that has already taken place. Equality between the British Dan Evans and the Italian Lorenzo Sonego: 6-4, 6-7 (8) after one hour and 46 minutes of the match.
Two opposing worlds
Carlos Alcaraz He will face his third Australian Open, which he missed in 2023 due to injury, with the idea of maintaining his Grand Slam streak. They have reached at least the semi-finals in the last four matches. The Wimbledon champion’s best result in Melbourne was the third round of 2022, an anomaly.
Richard Gasquet Having lost his last five Grand Slam matches, at 37 years old he is flirting with the idea of ending his career at the next Roland Garros.
Special story with Richard Gasquet
This is the second match between the Spaniard, 20 years old and world No. 2, and the French, 37 years old and No. 131. The first will not be forgotten by the Spanish, because it marks the conquest of his first ATP title, in the Umag 2021 final. He won 6-2 and 6-2.
Without Juan Carlos Ferrero
Carlos Alcaraz20 years old and world No. 2, faced the strange circumstance of not having his coach in his box Juan Carlos Ferrero, who stayed in Villena after undergoing surgery for a knee injury. His place was taken by another coach from the academy and with many hours of flying around the circuit, Samuel Lopezwhich is usually included in the work Pablo Carreno and he already has direct Murcian experience.
What time does Alcaraz play and where can it be watched?
Carlos Alcaraz will face Richard Gasquet in a few minutes, since the Kazakh Elena Rybakina just beat the czech Karolina Pliskova at the Rod Laver Arena headquarters, the scene of the Spaniard’s debut.
The tournament will be televised on Eurosport, as well as follow it on this Mundo Deportivo website.
The tournament will be televised on Eurosport, as well as follow it on this Mundo Deportivo website.
The debut of Carlos Alcaraz
Hello, good morning, Carlos Alcaraz debuted at the Australian Open, 2024, where his official season begins directly. Soon, duel against the French Richard Gasquet. We will tell you live.
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