Alcaraz gets into the round of 16 in Cincinnati and glimpses the threat of Paul

2023-08-16 11:06:25

The Spaniard beats the Australian Thompson and could come across his Toronto executioner

MADRID, 16 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz entered the round of 16 of the Cincinnati (United States) tournament this Wednesday morning, the seventh Masters 1000 of the season and which is played on hard court, after winning 7-5, 4-6 and 6-3 to Australian Jordan Thompson.

Thompson, classified from the previous phase and number 55 in the world, met for the first time in his career with the Murcian, the first seed in this competition. And it made things difficult for him for 2 hours and 48 minutes, as Alcaraz was not comfortable with his right hand nor with his first serves.

In this context, the Murcian missed four ‘break’ balls in the third game (1-2) and accused him by giving up his service turn in the sixth (2-4). Forced to come back, he immediately returned the break to Thompson, although he needed as many as five chances to do it (3-4).

Spurred on by this situation, the man from El Palmar broke again in the eleventh (6-5) and consolidated his lead right after to close the opening set in 1 hour and 24 minutes. However, Alcaraz did not flow and was tight in his services at the beginning of the second set, saving a ‘break’ point in the fourth (2-2), but giving up in the sixth (2-4).

With few luxuries, although with effectiveness, Thompson increased his lead (2-5) in a second set that he won 4-6 despite the final entanglement (4-5). The attempt to react, by the man from Palma, did crystallize at the beginning of the third quarter. Breaking his opponent in the first game, and no longer conceding any more break options, Alcaraz accelerated to his victory.

He prowled the sentence in the seventh game, where the ‘aussie’ saved two ‘break’ points (4-3), and sealed it in the ninth (6-3) to add with it 50 victories in this year 2023. His next The opponent will be the winner of the duel between the Frenchman Ugo Humbert and the American Tommy Paul, recent executioner of Alcaraz himself in the Masters 1000 in Toronto.