2023-09-03 03:17:00
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World number 1 Carlos Alcaraz had to go over 4 sets for the first time in the 3rd round of the US Open. Like the Spaniard, Alexander Zverev is asserting himself.
The top 10 players
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/ATP 1) s. Daniel Evans (GBR/ATP 28) 6:2, 6:3, 4:6, 6:3Andrej Rublew (RUS/ATP 8) s. Arthur Rinderknech (FRA/ATP 73) 3:6, 6:3, 6:1, 7:5
The world number one Carlos Alcaraz had walked through rounds 1 and 2 in New York. In the third round, Daniel Evans was the first seeded player to wait for the Spaniard. Alcaraz was promptly challenged for the first time at this tournament – albeit only briefly. After winning two sets, the 20-year-old entered an unusual phase of weakness and had to give up the 3rd set 4:6. However, he quickly recovered from this minor setback. With 6:3 he won the 4th round and thus also the match. In the next round, Alcaraz meets Matteo Arnaldi (ITA/ATP 61), who surprisingly beat Cameron Norrie (GBR/ATP 16).
Didn’t get an ideal start to his third-round game Andrei Rublev. The Russian lost the first round 3:6 once morest Arthur Rinderknech, who was classified much worse. As a result, the 25-year-old got into the game better and prevailed in 4 sets following 2:34 hours. In the round of 16 Rublew meets the British Jack Draper (ATP 123).
The duel of the ATP Finals champions
In the showdown between Alexander Zverev (GER/ATP 12) and Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/ATP 19), the younger German emerged victorious and advanced to the round of 16 – for him for the fourth time in a row in New York. For a long time, this was a gripping duel between two winners in the season-ending tournament with the top 8. Dimitrov had conquered the finals trophy in 2017, Zverev became his successor and doubled in 2021 in Turin.
The first two sets brought pure spectacle with a tie-break won each. Afterwards, the Hamburg player was able to take over the game, also because Dimitrov continued to appear battered and restricted in his movement. After 3:41 hours, the turnaround to 6: 7 (2: 7), 7: 6 (10: 8), 6: 1, 6: 1 was perfect for Zverev.
A willpower and a noticeable improvement compared to the two previous laps were the key for the 26-year-old, for whom things had gotten very dicey at the end of round 2. German is spoken in the next match: Zverev meets the South Tyrolean Jannik Sinner, the conqueror of Stan Wawrinka.
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