Carlos Alcaraz He continues to achieve milestones in an unforgettable 2022 in which he won his first Grand Slam and finished as number one in the world. Now, the professional ATP circuit has recognized one of his matches at Roland Garros as the second best comeback of the year.
It was the second round confrontation of the second ‘big’ of the year against the also Spanish Albert Ramos Viñolas, a match in which the young tennis player from El Palmar was close to saying goodbye to the tournament. And it is that the pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero He was behind on the scoreboard until the end, when he achieved one of the most painful victories of his career.
‘Carlitos’ won the first set, lost the next two and had to save a match point in the fourth. Finally he forced the fifth set, and coming back from an initial 0-3 down, he ended up taking the match by 6-1, 6-7(7), 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-4. The Murcian ended up reaching the quarterfinals, where he fell to Alexander Zverev in four games.
➡️ The point of the year in tennis? It happened at Roland Garros and it was courtesy of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who beat his compatriot Ramos Viñolas in an epic comeback by 6/1, 6/7, 6/7, 7/6 and 6/4. pic.twitter.com/JPkC4UCG6O
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In the classification of the best comebacks in Grand Slams the match between Alcaraz and Ramos was behind the disputed between Medvedev and Aliassime in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open (7(4), 3-6, 7-6(2), 7-5, 6-4). The final of that same tournament in which Rafa Nadal completed a heroic comeback against Medvedev himself did not enter this ranking, but yes in the one of the Best Grand Slam Matches.
