Carlos Alcarazfinalist in Hamburg this Sunday, will debut his status as world number 5 this Thursday against the Slovakian Norbert Gombos in Round of 16 of ATP 250 in Umag (Croatia).
Gombos defeated Argentine Federico Delbonis 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in three sets to meet the Murcian for the first time on the ATP circuit.
Carlos Alcaraz arrived in Umag after losing last Sunday to the Italian Lorenzo Musetti in the ATP final in Hamburg (Germany), despite the fact that this week he rose to his best position in the ATP ranking.
The Murcian is number 5 in the ATP Ranking with 4,895 points so far, he is defending the title at the ATP 250 in Umag and the quarterfinals at the US Open, with a total of 710 points. Although number 1 is a very bold goal, Carlos Alcaraz has the possibilities to come close, because he has almost no points in the Masters 1000 of Canada and Cincinnati and his level of tennis is especially solid.
The second seeded in Umag, the Italian Jannik Sinner, returns to competition this Wednesday after losing to Serbian Novak Djokovic Wimbledon. He will do it directly in the round of 16 against the Spaniards James Munar.
This Tuesday, another Spanish, Barnabas Zapatanumber 82 in the world, agreed to the round of 16 due to an injury to the 16-year-old Croatian. Dino Prizmic815 in the world and was invited by the organization and retired with the Spaniard dominating the scoreboard 6-4 and 3-0 after one hour and 36 minutes.
The Valencian tennis player will face the third favorite, the Norwegian, in the round of 16 rune holgerexempt in the first round.
Source: La Verdad
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