Carlos Alcaraz He wants to leave behind the failure of the semifinals of the ATP tournament in Buenos Aires. Far from revalidating the title, he was staggered by the Chilean Nicholas Jarrywho the next day lost to the Argentine champion Facundo Díaz Acosta.
He said goodbye to Argentina in the same speech where he opened his turn in Rio de Janeiro. “There are many things I need to improve. I hit the ball well and my game was good, but in some difficult moments, where the nerves spoke louder, Jarry did it better than me,” he said in Brazil.
He faces a new test in the tournament where he debuted as a professional, in 2020 at the age of 16, and where he was injured in 2023, causing the British to lose him in the final. Cameron Norrie.
He was in the spirit of revenge. Double revenge begins today, this Tuesday night. Before 11:00 pm central European time (7:00 pm local time) he will start his ATP 500 competition in Rio, against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro29 years old and 117th in the world.
The issue is twofold because there is an overarching goal, which is nothing more than to lift the trophy on Sunday, but there is a very short-term aspect. Alcaraz warned, “I don’t like losing history with any player,” and with Monteiro it is, officially, 0-1.
“I faced him last time, in 2021, and I lost against him in our first match. But I know his style and his game. I know that he has extra motivation for competing in Brazil and in front of his spectators in Rio de Janeiro and that’s why I have “I have to be ready for a difficult fight,” the Murcian declared about this rivalry.
He lost 7-6 (3) and 6-3 in the round of 16 at Melbourne 1, but he knows how to beat him. It did not count as an official figure in the ‘head to head’ as it was a precedent in the preliminary phase and not in the main draw, but the Spaniard defeated the South American months later by 6-2 and 6-3.
Alcaraz didn’t want to waste any more time to rediscover his best feelings. He has not played in a final since August, when he lost in the Cincinnati match Novak Djokovichis record continued to stand at his Wimbledon breakthrough in July, when he dethroned the Serbian in his London garden.
The tournament can be seen on TV via Movistar Plus+. The Mundo Deportivo website will cover the Alcaraz vs. live. Monteiro.
Source: La Verdad
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