Alexander Zverev received three out of three. Like Jannik Sinner the day before, the German recorded his third victory in as many sets played in this ATP tournament. The world number two, who already upset Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud this week, faced Carlos Alcaraz in two sets (7-6). [5]6-4). This win puts him first in his group and sends him to the final four against Taylor Fritz. The Spaniard is not far from being eliminated in the final battle of the first round between Rublev and Ruud.
Between the German who has gained confidence in recent weeks (he just got his eighth victory in a row) and the Spaniard who is not at his best at the end of the season (he was sick at the beginning of the Masters), there was a big fight in the first set. Alcaraz, on a thread, managed to clear seven points (including a tiebreaker at 6-5) that he had to face and put doubt in his opponent’s head.
The winner of the Bercy tournament raised his lead, his weakness (twelve errors committed in the first set in this shootout), and he had to start the match at random. He went into it very well, leading 5-2, before seeing Alcaraz get up and shoot “Carlitos” twice. A breakthrough, then a breakthrough win brought the world number 3 back into the sport. Who saved the new point before making a mistake in the third (see video) and leaving this first step to the German.
Alcaraz needs Rublev to win in straight sets
Angry when returning to his bench, until he shook his bag on one of his bags, the protégé of Juan Carlos Ferrero sank at the beginning of the second set, losing his service for the first time. He made some good things after that but could not restart this meeting, as his three mistakes in a row while leading 15-40 on Zverev’s service and he retired at the end of his bag.
The whole trip to Turin is a thread to him now. It should count for a win in two sets for Rublev, who faces Ruud in the evening. And we will have to break out the calculators to find out which of these three men will join Sinner, Zverev and Fritz in the semi-finals. Qualifications will be determined by the number of games won. Any result other than a straight win for Rublev will satisfy the Norwegian.