The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz keep advancing rounds in the Open the Australia. The world number 2 is in the third round after his last victory against Lorenzo Sonego on the fast track of the Melbourne Park.
Alcaraz equaled his best result in Melbourne. The double Grand Slam winner (US Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2023), who has become the youngest world No. 1 in history in 2022, He missed the Australian Open last year due to a muscle injury on the right leg.
In 2021 he was eliminated in the second round, and in the third in 2022.
Unprecedented duel between Alcaraz and Shang
The next rival of the Murcian tennis player will be the young Chinese tennis player Juncheng Shang. Semifinalist at the Hong Kong Open 250, Shang is ranked 140th in the ATP rankings.
Shang received an invitation to contest the slam oceanic and it will be the first time in his career that he plays a third round in a major after beating the American in previous rounds. Mackenzie McDonald and the Indian Nagal.
The 18-year-old began playing ATP rank competitions in 2023, at just 17 years old when fell that second round of the Australian Open against the American Frances Tiafoe and obtained his best result in the Chicago tournament after losing in the semifinals against Alex Michelsen.
The Asian tennis player has never faced the Murcian in the past, so it will be an unprecedented duel between the only Chinese representative in the draw and the only Spaniard present in the third round.
Schedule and where to watch the match between Alcaraz-Shang at the Australian Open
He Australian Open match between Alcaraz and Shang will be disputed next Sunday January 21, although the tournament organization has not yet confirmed the match time.
He Carlos Alcaraz third round match against the Chinese Juncheng Shang can be seen live on television in Eurosport.