Carlos Alcaraz He doesn’t want to have a negative record with any rival. This is one of his maxims on the ATP professional circuit. At 20 years old, already US Open and Wimbledon champion and current defender of the Indian Wells ATP Masters 1000 title, they are so fast that few opponents have a negative ‘head to head’.
This Sunday he will have the opportunity to close the gap with someone who is one of his worst nightmares, where he is 1-3 down in their private official matches.
Doubts about a right ankle tested in the exhibition against Rafael Nadal in Las Vegas, leaves the fear of the ugly fall at its premiere on clay in Rio, on February 20.
He opened his way to Indian Wells 2024 defeating the Italian Matteo Arnaldi23 years old and No. 40, 6-7 (6), 6-0 and 6-1.
Qualified for the third round, round of 32 elimination. The Canadian is on his side Felix Auger-Aliassime, a top player who has fallen into disrepair due to an injury and a crisis of confidence that he is trying to overcome. The sooner the better.
The student of Frederic Fontang and Toni Nadal He dropped to the 31st position in the ranking, at the age of 23. So far this campaign, a careful balance of 7-6, and with the Montpellier ‘indoor’ semi-finals as the most notable result.
Auger-Aliassime the french lost Constant Lestienne by 6-4 and 6-1, to meet Carlos Alcaraz for the fifth time. The American, in decline because he is the idol of his country in winning the 2022 Davis Cup, is 3-0 up on the Spaniard, whom he defeated in the quarterfinals of the US Open 2021 (6-3, 3-1 and withdrawal), the group stage of the 2022 Davis Cup in Valencia (6-7, 6-4 and 6-2) and the Basel ‘semi-finals’ (6-3 and 6-2).
Although Carlos Alcaraz put Auger-Aliassime right in Indian Wells, in the quarterfinals in 2023. The then champion won 6-4 and 6-4, inaugurating a box where he wanted to put 2 in a few time.
Source: La Verdad
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