Carlos Alcaraz made its debut this Friday at Wash Cup and they did it with a defeat in doubles (6-7 and 4-6). The Spanish tennis player participated for the first time in this tournament created by Roger Federer, associated with the ATP, in which Europe faces the Rest of the World, and he did it in tandem with Alexander Zverev in doubles. In front of them were the Americans Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton.
Unfortunately for the European team, the duo formed by the Spaniard and the German did not have the success and ended up succumbing to the North American duo in two sets. The tie-break in the first set proved to be the key to the match. The tie-breaker was very close, but ended up falling to the side of Fritz And Shelton around 7am-5pm. With this victory, the Rest of the World has put the equality at two o’clock at the end of the first day.
After contributing to Spain’s ticket to the Final 8 of the Davis Cup, the Murcian is having his first experience in this tournament, whose seventh edition is taking place in Berlin. However, Alcaraz failed to add first place for Europea team looking for revenge after losing the last two Laver Cups, overtaken by the American pair Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton.
Spanish has become less and less popular, but The first set was decided in a tie-break 7-6(5), while the second set, also equal, left the break on Zverev’s serve that Shelton condemned around noon. Thus, the opening day of the Laver Cup ended with a score of 2-2, only four of the 24 points that will be at stake until Sunday.
Three individual matches were also played this Friday, with the Greek’s European points Stefanos Tsitsipas and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov against Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (6-1, 6-4) and Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (7-6(4, 7-6(2). Meanwhile, Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo beaten (6-4, 6-4) the Norwegian Casper Ruud.
Alcaraz makes singles debut at Laver Cup
Carlitos will have the opportunity to take revenge in singles. The tennis player from El Palmar faces Ben Shelton in the second team of the day, at the end of the match between Daniil Medvedev and Frances Tiafoe. Alcaraz will look for his first victory in this Laver Cup to add a new point for Europe that will allow them to get a little closer to victory.
Let us remember that The team led by Björn Borg lost 13-2 in the last edition and they have practically arrived in Berlin with the gala team, seeking revenge for what happened last year. Medvedev and Alcaraz will try to add two more points to the scoreboard. In the case of Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil, he will face a rival he has only faced once. It was in the second round of the Canadian Masters 1000 and he won the one in El Palmar in two sets (6-3 and 7-6).
Carlos He will try to inaugurate this record of victories in this Cup against one of the great rackets of American tennis. The young 21-year-old tennis player, for his part, will try to surprise one of the best players on the circuit. The truth is that the match promises and the Spaniard will have to sweat if he wants to achieve the first victory of his career in the Laver Cup.
