2023-08-10 03:11:48
The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz He began his journey at the Canadian Open this Wednesday, which is being held this year in Toronto, with a victory over the American Ben Shelton in two sets. Alcaraz, number one in the world, met expectations and defeated Shelton (41) 6-3 and 7-6 (3) in one hour and 38 minutes.
Shelton, who defeated Spaniard Bernabé Zapata on Tuesday, put Alcaraz in trouble in the second set thanks to his serve. Throughout the match, the American made five direct service points to four from the Spaniard. Shelton also committed four double faults, twice as many as Alcaraz. First serve percentage was also slightly better for Shelton, at 60% to Alcaraz’s 58%.
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But in the end, Alcaraz stepped on the accelerator at the critical moment of the game. In the second and final set tie-break, the Murcian player took the lead at 4-1 and Shelton was unable to recover, dropping the set and the match at 6-3 in the tiebreaker game.
Alcaraz will now face the Polish Hubert Hurkacz in the round of 16 (17) who beat Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (44) on Wednesday.
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