Unfavorable premiere of Carlos Alcaraz for your interests in ATP Finals. The Norwegian casper Ruud He won in two sets (1-6 and 5-7) in a debut full of doubts for the Spanish tennis player. Mentally weak from the start, the Murcian failed to turn things around even when he was at his best, with a serve to close the second round in his favor and force the third and final round. [Narración y estadísticas: Alcaraz – Ruud]
Until the sixth ball to breakAlcaraz failed to break a serve from Ruud. To make matters worse, their first service set was disastrous, dropping two games 15-40. He improved in the second set, looking stronger overall and especially on serve, but he fell apart again when he wasn’t playing. Ruud returned to serve at 5-3 and, after a second consecutive break, put the match on the path to victory.
Alcaraz paid dearly for the physical and mental decline, which began in Turin with a defeat. He finds himself without margin to face his two other group matches, against the Russian. Andrei Rublev and German —another big favorite— Alexander Zverev.
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