To Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, that this week will lead the Spanish Davis Cup team in Valencia in their fight to enter the Final Eightthe end of the season seems long, and the proof is that, after the United States Open, His record over the years is 18 wins and 12 losses In competitive matches, 66.6% were won, an average far from the 78.6% recognized on the circuit (194-52).
The young tennis player from Murcia, who is 21 years old is number 3 in the world rankings, behind Italian Jannik Sinner and German Alexander Zverevhave been in the capital of Turia for a few days, where the tournament will be held where Spain will debut this Wednesday and compete until Sunday with Australia, a finalist last year, France and the Czech Republic as rivals in group B.
Alcaraz, after a few days rest and then reset not expected to fall in the second round at the US Open -he lost 1-6, 5-7 and 4-6 against the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp-, he hopes to raise the level he showed in a few weeks and break with a not so positive dynamic for him in the last month of the year, after playing in New York.
In 2023 the El Palmar won seven of their last 12 games of the season (3-1 in Beijing ATP 500, 2-1 in Shanghai Masters 1,000, 0-1 in Paris-Bercy Masters 1,000 and 2-2 in Nitto ATP Finals), in 2022 six out of ten (1 -1) in Davis Cup, 0-1 at the ATP 500 in Astana, 3-1 at the ATP 500 in Basel and 2-1 at Paris-Bercy – an injury prevented him from competing at the Nitto ATP Finals where he was ranked number 1 in the world – ) and in 2021 his record after playing in Flushing Meadows is five wins and three losses (0-1 in the Masters 1,000, 3-1 in the ATP 500 in Vienna and 2-1 in Paris-Bercy) .
yes indeed That year he won all five matches he faced at the Next Gen ATP Finals, more of an exhibition tournament between the best young tennis players of the year.
Its purpose is to break that trend, starting with Davis Cup, continues the Laver Cup, which he will compete as a member of the European team against the rest of the world, and the final tournaments of the ATP circuit in 2024 in which he will participate -Beijing, Shanghai, Paris-Bercy and the Masters Cup- .
Source: La Verdad
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