“I was a little nervous at the beginning, I won’t deny it. It’s been a long time since I played on clay and with the entire audience supporting him,” he reflected. Carlos Alcaraz after defeating the Argentine Camilo Ugo CarabelliNo. 134 in the world, 6-2 and 7-5.
It was his first match on clay since losing in the Roland Garros semifinals against Novak Djokovicalthough he began practicing on this surface when he finished his hard court participation at the Australian Open, in the quarterfinals against Alexander Zverev.
Guillermo Vilas has a native of Buenos Aires in front of him on the Court, a local tennis player who survived the previous stage and sometimes grew familiar with the double Grand Slam champion and defender of the crown on the Buenos Aires clay.
Alcaraz, 20 years old and world No. 2, moved in fits and starts, but he accomplished the goal of advancing, with little competition filming on top. The table favors entry from less to more. Today, Friday, at 10:30 pm Central European Time (6:30 pm local time), another opponent with little ATP experience is measured and has to go through preliminary screening since his ranking (no. 152) That is not enough to go directly into painting.
Alcaraz will play another unprecedented match in the quarterfinals, against the Italian Andrea Vavassori. He was not part of the large and talented group led by the Australian Open champion, Jannik Sinner, because he is 28 years old and his ATP record is only 7-7.
He experienced his moment of individual glory at the last Roland Garros, when he left one of the seeds, the Serbian. Miomir Kecmanovicin a five-set comeback, where he saved five match points after five hours of fighting.
He was a hero for a while. Although he almost fulfilled a golden dream at the last Australian Open, where he played in the doubles final with the Italian. Simone Bolelli.
A tennis worker, he won at the center with Alcaraz after defeating his compatriot Pellegrino and the Brazilian Monteiro in the qualifying phase, with the Brazilian overtaking the main draw. Seyboth Wild and in Serbian Laslo Djere.
You can follow it live on the Mundo Deportivo website, on television the broadcast is carried out by Movistar Plus+. As well as Saturday’s semifinal, where the best of Alcaraz-Vavassori crosses the winner of the clash between the Chilean Nicholas Jarry and the Argentine Tomas Martín Etcheverry.
Source: La Verdad
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