The son of the finalist of the 1992 edition, defies the Alcaraz phenomenon this Friday evening (8:45 p.m.).
Only one player has beaten Carlos Alcaraz this year on clay. Her name ? Sebastian Korda. A success in the first round of Monte-Carlo 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 6-3 after a showdown of 3h04. So of course the prodigy had just returned from a coronation in Miami on hard and had not, that day, played his best tennis. But the performance is great when you know the rest. Two coronations in Barcelona and Madrid for the kid from Murcia, outsider number one Porte d’Auteuil. The son of the former world number 2 will try this Friday night assignment to replay a bad shot at the Spaniard. On the edge of the abyss in the previous lap, but still alive at Porte d’Auteuil, Alcaraz wants revenge. After his defeat in the Principality, he was not stingy with compliments on his executioner: “He can do anything. He’s quick, he has a great serve, a great forehand, a great backhand, he volleys well. There’s nothing he can’t do, really. He is very strong mentally and physically…
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