It has to be seen to be believed. Everything is strange, especially the performance of Carlos Alcaraz. An almost unknown Murcian version, which if anything is characterized by its excessive energy. On the contrary, he entered and left the Inalpi Arena in Turin, which has a capacity for 13,000 spectators, very subdued.
Only from this point of view a rare Alcaraz can understand that he experienced his first defeat against the Norwegian. Casper Ruud in five games. The Murcian, 21 years old and world no years and No. 7, finalist of this event in 2022..
An unexpected setback for the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero, who has always been superior to Ruud who also came to the event lacking in tennis and results. He has lost 6 of his past 7 matches on the ATP Tour.
What is Alcaraz’s problem? It is known that he has a cold these days in the Italian countries. This may be an explanation. He must have some physical problems for the Spaniard to be weak on a track. In the absence of him himself to reveal the exact details of what happened, how he experienced/experienced it, the ATP Finals was complicated for him, which nevertheless leaves an opportunity to return.
On Wednesday they will have a second match, against the loser of the match between Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublevwhich will close the opening day of the John Newcombe Group tonight at 8:30 pm Alcaraz has already debuted in 2023 with a loss, certainly against Zverev, who eventually reached the semis. It can be repeated under normal conditions.
Let’s see how Alcaraz recovers, and he will find a cure. He had his chances, despite the lack of fuel he reflected. Everything could change in the opening game of the match, when he already had two break points. He did not take advantage of them, nor did the other three in that partial.
Every lost opportunity is accompanied by a huge penalty. He, 0 out of 5, contrasted with Ruud’s 2 out of 2 in converted breaks, which would be a total of 4 out of 4 overall in the match.
Ruud, a rock, grew up watching an extraordinary Carlos Alcaraz. He noticed that the Murcian’s weakness opened up a new panorama, which is why he persisted in the second set when the Spaniard improved a bit and took a 5-2 lead.
Alcaraz didn’t last that long because he accumulated a lot of mistakes.to receive 0-5 which gave victory to Ruud. Everyone was stunned. Charly never became Charly. His box is also not as active as other times, knowing everything that is going on in the body and mind of his tennis player.
It’s a difficult moment for Carlos Alcaraz, who is eager to face the double challenge of the ATP Finals and the Davis Cup Finals, with Spain-Netherlands in the quarterfinals on November 19. Bye bye Rafael Nadal apart from.
Source: La Verdad
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