Carlos Alcaraz will have a few days off after being champion in Wimbledon and he will not reappear on the tennis circuit until the American tour, which will take him to play the Masters 1,000 in Toronto (Canada) and Cincinnati (United States) to finish off with the US Open, fourth and last Grand Slam of the season.
The young player from Murcia, 20 years old and number 1 in the world, made the decision to give up playing the ATP 500 in Hamburg, in Germany, and the ATP 250 in Umag, in Croatia, tournaments in which he was a finalist last year. to focus on the American tour that will end with the dispute of the last Grand Slam of the season.
His return to competition, already on hard courts, will be in Toronto, a championship that will be held from August 7 to 13. There he lost in the previous edition in the first round against the American Tommy Paul 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7) and 3-6. Subsequently, Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil will go to Cincinnati, where in 2023 he was a quarterfinalist. In those competitions he could cross paths with Djokovic again, who was not on the last two tours in North America due to his refusal to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
With the victory achieved yesterday, alcaraz became the first tennis player to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals, the ATP announced Monday after the ranking update. The 20-year-old tennis player from Murcia qualified for the second consecutive year in the tournament that closes the professional circuit season, scheduled this year between November 12 and 19 at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy.
alcaraz leads the ATP Tour this year in victories (47-4), in winning percentage (92.2%) and also in number of trophies won (6) with a major (Wimbledon), two ATP Masters 1000 (Indian Wells and Madrid ), two ATP 500 (Barcelona and Queen’s Club) and one ATP 250 (Buenos Aires).
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2023-07-17 12:40:42
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