Alcaraz ‘revenges’ Paul and advances to quarterfinals

The Spaniard, who took three hours and nine minutes to fulfill a tough commitment, showed greater resilience. also cut three times due to rain. Paul seems to have taken the measure of the Spaniard, and the duel between the two is an ordeal for the current Wimbledon winner, who has to work hard to respond to every break from his opponent.

And Tommy Paul was on his side to win each of the first two sets. He actually won the second. However, Alcaraz pulled it out of its repertoire, countered, and gave the necessary time-outs to return to the game with no margin for error anymore and increase the chances of victory.

Carlos Alcaraz, who had lost to Paul in Montreal last year and to Paul in Toronto a few days earlier, was not brilliant. The Spaniard beat him to set things right at the 2023 Miami Masters 1000. But the 26-year-old American and the world’s number 13 player has one thing he would want most from Alcaraz.

The American tour stopped the Spaniard’s good streak, who had fourteen consecutive wins on the turf with successes at Queens and Wimbledon. Toronto discussed the challenges of finding good tone in concrete last week.

However, in his first game in Cincinnati he improved to number one in the world compared to Australia’s Jordan Thompson. He needed three sets and three hours to survive against the ocean. And he went against the current many times before Paul. His best level appeared when needed to the limit. Alcaraz faced a formidable opponent and the disturbance of the wind. The New Jersey tennis player, whose only achievement was the Stockholm championship in 2021 and who, like other successes, had the Eastbourne and Acapulco finals this year, was the first to initiate hostilities. He broke in the sixth game of the first set and went 4-2. He then wasted timeout options and Paul served to close the set at 5-3. Alcaraz came to life for the first time, broke down and balanced the set, Solved in tiebreak that Spaniards are better.

Alcaraz shot aggressively and his arm went over Tommy Paul to score. There was more breakouts, more imbalances in the second quarter. The North American took the initiative, but the next time he faced a backlash from someone from around the world preventing his opponent from solidifying any breakouts. Again at 5-4, Paul returned to serve to win the set and level the clash. Alcaraz prevented it and stood victorious over it. had three match points Before reaching the tie break, however, Paul stuck to his options and held the serve to face the tiebreaker. Nothing could stop the American He clearly won, scoring the goalless quarter (7-0) and taking the match to third place..

The new game, in which the Spaniard faces off without blaming the coup, is the missed opportunity. Seems like. He broke early in the third round and gained a notable lead. But Paul was not leaving the party. He blocked 4-1 and stayed at 3-2. The heart is alive, 4-3 and the Spaniards, who serve, interrupted the duel with the rain. Alcaraz was quiet in the gym, doing stretches while lingering on the phone. He had to be patient because after 6:30 pm local time, as he was about to return to the track and serve, rain once again played the role. The track took another 25 minutes to dry and Alcaraz could barely continue its service until the water returned.. After another 53-minute pause, but with a shy sun already on the track, world number one turned the fourth game score and broke Paul’s serve, doomed him to a three-hour and nine-minute shootout, but this lasted almost six hours, including rain breaks.

Fully defending the world’s number one before defending his US Open title, the 20-year-old Alcaraz will play in the quarterfinals against Max Purcell of Australia from the previous stage, who clearly beat Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka by 6 margins. -4 and 6-2. Alcaraz fits his best role in Cincinnati. He reached the quarterfinals last year when he was defeated by England’s Cameron Norrie.