With this Friday’s conclusive victory against the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko There are 12 achieved consecutively by Carlos Alcaraz at the Madrid Masters, where he has not lost since May 5, 2021, when, on his eighteenth birthday, still a star project, he fell 6-1, 6-2 to Rafael Nadal.
The current number three in the world, already galloping in the tennis elite, champion of Wimbledon and the United States Open, with three stages in first place in the ATP (Association of Professional Tennis Players), maintains his love affair with the Caja Mgica. and this Sunday look for the round of 16 against the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild. That match against Nadal was, in fact, the only one he has lost on these courts.
Before, in his debut, he surpassed Adrian Mannarino. Then, in the sequence of triumphs established in the last three editions, he has left behind Nikoloz Basilashvili, Cameron Norrie, Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev (on two occasions), Emil Ruusuvuori, Grigor Dimitrov, Karen Khachanov, Borna Coric,Jan-Lennard Struff and the aforementioned Shevchenko. Tennis players of all kinds and conditions, with the high point in 2022, when he consecutively eliminated Nadal and Djokovic to embarrass Zverev in the final, 6-3 and 6-1, have seen how the Murcian spends his time on his stage. favorite, where he aspires to become the first player to win three consecutive titles.
He is also two-time champion of the Conde de God, a tournament from which he had to be absent this year due to the injury to his right forearm from which he is still protecting himself with a compression mesh, and of Indian Wells, where he revalidated the title a few weeks ago, but in neither competition presents the records of the capital.
El God e Indian Wells
In Barcelona I lost from the start against Pedro Sousain 2019, and Frances Tiafoe, two years later. In the Californian desert, he fell in his debut, against Andy Murray, in 2021, and against Nadal, in the semifinals, a year later.
The height suits me. I have played here since I was little and I have always felt comfortable. I’m getting more and more comfortable. The height favors my game. And also, being at home gives you extra energy, with the support of the fans and next to my family and friends, he explained in the press conference after the game, in which he confessed satisfied with his performance and with physical performance, especially for not feeling discomfort in the compromised area of his body, discomfort that put his participation in doubt almost until the last minute.
I decided I was going to play yesterday [por el jueves]after doing a training set with Daniil Medvedev. After announcing that I would not participate in the Conde de God, I didn’t pick up the racket for a week. And I came here without being sure if I could play.
The evolution is good, but its continuity in the tournament will depend on whether it continues to be so. The second seed, who stated before the start of the competition that he would be content with playing three or four matches, reaffirmed that in the event of the slightest discomfort he will stop: “At the slightest [de dolor]”I doubt I can continue.” On the 8th the Masters 1000 in Rome begins and on the 26th Roland Garros begins, the great objective of the clay season, for which he will try to find himself in his full potential.