Carlos Alcarazin this Wednesday’s defeat against the American Tommy Paul in the second round of the Montreal Masters 1,000, in Canada, conceded a KO in the first change almost four months later and stringing together two consecutive losses, something that hasn’t happened since October 2021.
The young tennis player from Murcia, 19 years old and the fourth player in the world, was outscored 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7) and 3-6 against Paulin a match where he squandered a 4-1 lead in the second set after taking the first.
Alcaraz’s last elimination in his tournament debut came at another Masters 1,000, that of Monte Carloand against another American, Sebastian Korda.
On April 13 and the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero lost the first set 6-7 (2), won the second, also resolved in a tie break -7-6 (5)- and fell in the final 3 -6 .
Between that retreat and Canada, Alcaraz participated in six tournamentswho captured the ATP 500 title in Barcelona and the Masters 1,000 in Madrid and was runner-up in the ATP 500 in Hamburg and the ATP 250 in Umag.
In the Grand Slams held since then, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, he reached the quarterfinals and the round of 16, respectively.
On the other hand, almost a year ago already the player from Palma, who only lost against the Italian Jannik Sinner by 7-6 (5), 1-6 and 1-6, not chaining two losses.
This happened between September and October 2021 when he fell to the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime in the quarterfinals of the United States Open (3-6, 1-3 and withdrawal due to injury) and then in his debut at the Masters 1,000 in Indian Wells against the British Andy Murray (7-5, 3-6 and 2-6).
Source: La Verdad
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