Alcaraz broke Draper’s resistance and reunited with victory

Since then, Alcaraz has only played three games. First, at the Davis Cup, where he defeated Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo; second, in the first round of Astana: fell to Belgian David Goffin; and third, this Monday, against Draper, Restore the good taste that always leaves a triumph in the mouth.

At 45 in the ATP ranking, Draper was an unprecedented contender for Alcaraz. He had never met the tennis player from Sutton before, and he realized that the Spaniards had a mirror from time to time to look at him. The 19-year-old Alcaraz is already an example for a 20-year-old competitor. It seems that new generations are slowly making their way, and Alcaraz is destined to be one of the flags of those born at the turn of the century.

The British tennis player did not dare to play against one of the players he admired on the track. YeahHe entered the field very excited and already in the third game, he got his first service timeout, marking the area in the first set. Alcaraz couldn’t raise his head by attacking early, and eventually fell to his knees after another break in game ninth.

Alcaraz’s pride was hurt and entered the second set 3-6 behind. He signed a ‘time out’ in the first game for the first time, which he repeated on his next try. And he took the direct one, until he already took the second set with a positive 3-0 with a comfortable 6-2.

But Draper’s legs did not tremble. He opened the set of tokens with an empty serve, which Alcaraz quickly answered. And then it started A change of blows that lasted until the tenth game, when the British tennis player finally left his service.

Even ifAlcaraz needed three match points to break his opponent, who was reluctant to throw in the towel. Finally, after playing for more than two hours, the Murcian tennis player defeated his opponent’s resistance, regained the victory and reached number one status.