Balance of 12-2 on hard courtCarlos returns to hard court tournaments after his sensational performance early in the season, when he won 12 of his 14 matches on this surface and captured his first Masters 1,000 category title in Miami.
End of warm upAlcaraz and Paul finish the warm-up rally and in two minutes the game will start on center court in Montreal.
Four titles in 2022The Spanish tennis player added four more titles this season, his definitive emergence as a high-flying tennis player, two Masters 1,000 (Miami, Madrid) and two ATP 500 (Rio, Barcelona).
Return of AlcarazAlcaraz, seeded second, began the American tour on hard courts in Montreal after conceding two consecutive losses weeks ago in his two summer tournaments on clay, both against Italian rivals, Lorenzo Musetti in Hamburg and Jannik Sinner in Umag , where he premiered last year his ATP record.
Tommy Paul, world number 34Paul defeated Canadian Vasek Pospisil (6-4, 6-4) in the first round and thus earned the right to play against Alcaraz in the second round. Paul, 25, is currently ranked 34th in the world and the Murcian has risen to 4th place in the rankings after his sensational 2022.
Now, Alcaraz-PaulCarlos Alcaraz will start this Wednesday at 5:00 pm against the American Tommy Paul in the 2nd round of the Masters 1,000 on the hard court in Montreal (Canada).
Source: La Verdad
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