2023-08-10 04:38:38
Carlos Alcaraz beat Shelton and achieved his first victory in the Canadian Masters 1,000, which this year is held in Toronto (it rotates with Montreal with the women’s tournament). In 2022 he stayed in this premiere, losing to Paul, but the victory achieved against the young American, who was not brilliant, allows him to move forward and continue to improve.
Schedule and where to see the eighth
The tournament no longer stops and if Alcaraz wants to lift it, he has matches every day. The round of 16 matchup against the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, a spectacular server who has the weapons to make it very difficult for him. The duel is at dawn from Thursday, August 10 to Friday, August 11 and repeats the schedule: 01:00 a.m. It can be followed on television in Spain through Movistar, like the rest of the parties.
Carlos already knows what it is to face Hurkacz and how difficult it is to break his serve. There is a precedent between the two in Miami in 2022, and the Spanish won with difficulties: 7-6 (7/5) and 7-6 (7/2). “I tried to play at my level, but it wasn’t easy,” Alcaraz analyzed his meeting with Shelton in Toronto on the court. “He was more aggressive than me from the beginning until the last ball. I tried to be solid and keep my rhythm and I’m very happy that I went through to have a chance in the next round. This match will help me to be more focused, we’ll see what happens with Hurkacz”, added Carlos. The 26-year-old Pole is currently number 17 in the world and has that powerful serve. The tension occasionally takes over him at key points, but he is a very dangerous opponent. Among his achievements, for example, is being the only tennis player who managed to beat Roger Federer 6-0 at Wimbledon. It was also the last match of the Swiss legend in the tournament that he dominated so much. Hurkacz was a finalist last year and lost to Pablo Carreño, the bronze medalist at the Tokyo Games and Alcaraz’s teammate in the Juan Carlos Ferrero Equelite.
Rest of the day
Before Alcaraz, another Spaniard will also seek the quarterfinals. Alejandro Davidovich had an important victory against Zverev (6-2 and 6-1) and the next stone on the road will be the fourth seed, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, who trains at Nadal’s academy in Manacor. This meeting is not at the headquarters, it is on the Grandstand track and it will be on the Canadian morning of today, Thursday, August 10, here in Spain at 5:00 p.m., also televised on Movistar. Next, Fritz – De Minaur, Monfils – Vukic and Tommy Paul against Giron or Rune. Before Alcaraz, in the plant there is a McDonald – Raonic (18:30 in Spain), followed by a Musetti – Medvedev. And after the number one in the world, the round of 16 is completed with the exciting Murray – Sinner.
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