2023-08-18 11:03:57
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz has defeated (7-6 (6), 6-7 (0) and 6-3) the American Tommy Paul in an exciting third round of the Cincinnati Tournamentseventh Masters 1000 of the season, with a lot of wind and two stoppages due to rain until they got revenge for the defeat seven days ago in Toronto.
The number one in the world had to sweat the pass to the quarterfinals of the Ohio event (United States), where he will face the Australian Max Purcell, who beat Swiss Stan Wawrinka (6-4, 6-2). Alcaraz came back from a first set marked by the wind and took advantage in the tie-break, but in the second he forgave three match points with Paul’s ghost getting even bigger.
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The executioner of the Spanish two years in a row in the Canadian Masters 1000 forced the third set, where the Spanish knew how to be patient and find his blows after an irregular match. The Wimbledon champion reacted to the lousy second set tie-break, affected by those wasted match balls, and started the third breaking. A gold rent when the rain appeared.
The match was suspended with the Spaniard on his way to victory and They returned to the track twice, in an already comic image of the two in the locker room. Alcaraz maintained control to avoid more spins and equal his best result in Cincinnati, with a vital victory to strengthen his confidence and continue adding towards the US Open.
Paul’s stumbling block, a game against the elements, a nervous initial game with errors and five hours of play did not prevent Alcaraz’s 51st victory in 2023. The Spaniard, minimum in the quarterfinals in 11 of the 12 tournaments played this season, maintains In addition, the defense of the number one against the Serbian Novak Djokovic.
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