The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, number 2 in the ranking of the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP), He beat the Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli (134) by 6-2 and 7-5 and unleashed madness at its premiere at the IEB+ Argentina Tennis Open.
On a packed center court inside the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, where the ATP 250 tournament is held, named after the Argentine tennis legend Guillermo Vilas, the Buenos Aires public witnessed the first victory of the Spaniard in his debut in the this edition of the South American tournament.
The start of the first set was disputed, with the Argentine taking the lead in the first three games. But then the Murcian managed to settle in and he took the remaining five games to finish 6-2.
The one from Buenos Aires started the second period well with a break on the service of the two-time Grand Slam champion (US Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2023), and managed to go two up. The fourth game was vital for the 20-year-old player’s momentum, who, after winning the longest duel of the night with up to eight deuces, managed to break the rhythm of his rival. But, when everything seemed lost, the world number 134 showed his quality and took the match to the seventh game. However, Alcaraz asserted his greatest strength and sealed the victory to head towards the quarterfinals of the tournament.
The chants of “Viva Murcia” or “Vamos Charlie” ended up silencing the cries in favor of the local tennis player, who saw how the phenomenon was focused on revalidating the title from the previous year. Several posters requested the attention of the young world star, which made it clear that ‘Alcarazmania’ has arrived in the Argentine capital. The Murcian will have to face the Italian Andrea Vavassori tomorrow (152) to get into the semifinals of the ATP tournament, after the Turin native gave the first surprise of the day by eliminating Serbian Laslo Djere, seventh seed.
Alcaraz took to the court in Buenos Aires today twenty-two days after being eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open at the hands of the German Alexander Zverev. The Spanish tennis player, who the other day confessed to have his goal in 2024 win olympic gold at the Paris Olympic Games, has been enjoying the Argentine capital for several days, where he could be seen on the Boca Juniors field, ‘La Bombonera’, both on a visit and on the eve of his debut watching the Copa de la Copa match. League between the locals and Central Córdoba.
Without forgetting another dream, although he already announced in his first press conference that he did not consider it a “thorn in his side” to be crowned champion at Roland Garros, Alcaraz begins the clay court season in Buenos Aires on the right foot. And, meanwhile, he unleashed ‘Alcarazmania’ in the same Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis, in which his coach, former tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, was also a champion at one time.
2024-02-15 23:55:46
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