What weighs more, the backpack of being number one in the world or the fatigue accumulated after a demanding tournament at Flushing Meadows, its corresponding time change and acclimatization to a new surface and much heavier and slower balls? Maybe both. It is one of the explanations to argue the defeat of Carlos Alcaraz ante Happy Auger-Also (13th in the ATP ranking) in a match in which he was never comfortable. The Murcian won the first set in the tie break, lost the second after the Canadian broke his service with 4-3 in the electronic, and wasted the third with a disastrous start in which he paid for his fatigue and allowed the break in the opening game and a second break when the score was 1-3. A wall was raised for the Spaniard, who had flashes of genius but lacked the regularity and solidity of Auger, whose effectiveness on serve cemented much of his victory.
The previous rounds of the Davis Cup may not have the luster of the big tennis tournaments, but if we combine the national feeling of supporting your country and seeing the best player in the world in action, who also goes with you, the competition is revalued. The Fonteta de Sant Lluís received Carlos Alcaraz, who was wearing his number one for the first time after his historic victory in the United States Open. “I am very happy, I am here to contribute my grain of sand to the team”, explained the Murcian after landing in Manises last Tuesday after the most important success of his life in New York. Although he was willing to play the doubles against Serbia if victory was in jeopardy, he rested. At the end of the day he is human but Carlitos has come to Valencia to be decisive. With just three days of acclimatization, he faced the talented Felix Auger-Aliassime to achieve the final point, after Roberto Bautista’s victory against Vasek Pospisil and put Spain in the final phase of the Davis Cup, which will be played in Malaga between the November 22 and 27, but the greatness of sport is that the favorite does not always win, although this time it seemed like a stupid cliché.
La Fonteta roared with each point of the new prodigy child of Spanish tennis, although his rival showed potential to be in the top-ten. With the passing of the minutes, Alcaraz was fading, with rattles of genius but useless before the talent of Auger, who grew in the last set.
Before, Roberto Bautista had won, and suffered, who gave Spain the first point against Pospisil after losing the first round. The Canadian had physical problems with his left leg at the start of the third set, paving the way for the Spaniard’s victory.
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