The first objective is covered. Carlos Alcaraz He will take part in the last 16 rounds of the Australian Open for the first time this Monday. After becoming champion in the semi-finals of the US Open (2022), Wimbledon (2023) and Roland Garros last year, he took his place in the big week of the only Grand Slam he has not yet reached. . Murcian tennis player will be among 16 tennis players who will compete for the title after beating the Chinese Juncheng Shang 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 and withdrawal due to injury.
Alcaraz solved his classification in 61 minutes against the 18-year-old Chinese young tennis player and world number 140, who played in the tournament with the invitation from the organization. The world No. 2 left no option for Shang, the youngest tennis player he faced on his track debut, having previously defeated the American tennis player. MacKenzie McDonald (42) defeated the tennis player last year with sets of 6-3, 1-6, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3 Rafael Nadal In Melbourne and in the second round against India Sumit Nagal (137) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 and 6-4.
The Chinese tennis player ‘Jerry’, whom Shang’s friends knew, did not have the skill or cunning of the little mouse in the ‘Tom and Jerry’ cartoon series, of which he was a fan, to beat the fast, strong and smart cat. At Rod Laver Arena, unlike Tom, it was Alcaraz. The Chinese tennis player, who has been training at the IMG academy in Bradenton (Florida) since the age of 11, showed his strong left hand in previous matches and in the Hong Kong tournament, which he lost a few weeks ago, against Andrey Rublev in the semi-finals (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) He couldn’t find the punches to hurt Alcaraz.
in two sets Shang He could only get a few matches away from the world number 2. WITH Shang couldn’t make it This was imposed from the other side of the Alcaraz network. The encouragement of his father Yi or his mother, who signed for Xerez CD, the first professional football player from China to play in Spain in the 2003-04 season, did not help him. Wu NaThe world table tennis champion eventually saw his son choose to retire due to muscle problems in his left leg.
alcaraz We will face the Serbs on Monday Miomir Kecmanovic The Murcian tennis player’s bete noire eliminated American Tommy Paul in a five-set match with 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (7) and 6-0.