Carlos Alcaraz is still on a roll. The El Palmar tennis player, world number two, made no mistakes in his Championship debut Shanghai Masters 1000 and quickly defeated the Chinese Juncheng Shangnumber 51 ATP, 6-2 and 6-2 in just an hour and a quarter on the court. The Spaniard made it clear that his big victory against Jannik Sinner in Beijing is now in the past and he is only focused on the Shanghai event, trying to repeat his victory on Asian lands.
Three days after winning the final of the China Open against the number one, the Italian Jannik Sinner, the player from Murcia maintained the line of excellence. It passed like a cyclone over Shang19 years old and recent winner of the Chengdu tournament, who was overwhelmed by Alcaraz’s total tennis: confident on serve, impeccable at the net, devastating with the rest, no fault left open the local tennis player.
Carlitos was clear on the game plan and followed the script to the letter. Alcaraz He is coming out of a difficult end of summer after the defeat at the Olympic Games, but he recovered by beating the world number one in Beijing and now wants to expand his record in Shanghai. The short time that passed since he beat Sinner until his debut in this Mastery 1000 This could suggest that he would show fatigue, or even that Shang would scare him into his body.
But nothing could be further from the truth, Carlos Alcaraz He came out on the track full of energy and ready to easily overcome a difficult first round. The Murcian was very serious throughout the match, he did not give opportunities to a dangerous rival, who had already created a surprise by beating Lorenzo Musetti in the final of the Chengdu Open a few weeks ago. The Spaniard had taken note of his rival’s dangers and completely nullified it with impeccable tennis.
This is the second season in which Alcaraz participates in Shanghai. In 2023, he reached the round of 16, where he lost to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in three sets (5-7, 6-2 and 6-4). This year Carlitos is ready to win the trophy and he showed it from his debut. The student of Juan Carlos Ferrero has a complicated situation, since he would find himself in a hypothetical quarter-final match with Tommy Paul and in the semi-final Jannik Sinner would be waiting for him.
Alcaraz goes game by game and doesn’t look beyond his rival in the round of 16, who will be another Chinese player, Yibing Wuwho participates by invitation in this penultimate Masters 1,000 of the year and ranks 560 in the ranking. In the previous round he got rid of the Chilean Nicolás Jarry, 29th in the world. Sinner is the top seed in the tournament, followed by Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Alcaraz.
