Carlos Alcaraz started his Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 career on the right foot. The Murcian defeated Nicolás Jarry 7-5, 6-1 on Tuesday, a dangerous rival who this year managed to defeat him 7-6 (2) and 6-3 in the semifinals of the Buenos Aires tournament.
Alcaraz returned to Paris, the city where he won this year’s Roland Garros and the Olympic silver medal, wants to defend himself in a tournament he has never been good at.
Lost in the second round last year to Russian Roman Safiullin, His best performance was in 2022, when he reached the quarterfinalswhere he had to retire against Holger Rune, who ended up lifting the trophy.
But this time everything was different. The Spaniard came out very focused and achieved an early break in the second game which made him feel comfortable commanding for most of the first set.
Solid on serve and few mistakes, Alcaraz kept the initiative to 5-4, when he could not get more than necessary and served the break on a plate to his rival.
Everything seemed destined for a tiebreak, but Jarry’s wrist also trembled at the worst moment and he ended up giving up his serve and the set with an improper double fault (7-5).
The second set is the exact opposite.. The start was really even, with some very tense first games where both had to save break points.
Finally The break fell to Alcaraz’s side in the fourth game (3-1)a moment that was decisive for the fate of the set and the match.
The increasingly inaccurate Jarry added errors against an Alcaraz who is not particularly brilliant but very serious and effective who didn’t miss the chance to break his rival’s serve again to make it 5-1.
Served for a match, the Murcian made life complicated againbut this time he was able to lift the break ball to close out two excellent serves.
Solid debut for the top favorite for the title after the injury loss of Jannik Sinner, who He will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Ugo Humbert and American Marcos Giron in the round of 16 on Thursday.
Source: La Verdad
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