MADRID, 4 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz has fallen in his debut in the first round at the Astana tournament (Kazakhstan), in the ATP 500 category and played on a hard court, against the Belgian David Goffin (7-5, 6-3) in his first match on the circuit as number one in the world, while Jaume Munar has given the bell by eliminating the Norwegian Casper Ruud (6-3, 6-3), number three in the ranking, in the Tokyo tournament.
The Murcian, brand new champion of the US Open and who had already released his status as the first world racket in the Davis Cup, had a bittersweet return to the ATP circuit, where he made too many unforced errors and ran into an excellent Goffin.
In an erratic start, where both players had to save several break balls, Alcaraz managed to get ahead by breaking the Belgian’s service in the third game, but he countered in the next to win four games in a row and close the set in his favor. after a new break for each.
Already in the second set, Goffin was ahead 5-1 and made the comeback impossible. For the first time in all of 2022, the one from El Palmar, who will play the Basel tournament next week, finishes a match without having won a single set.
Also in the Kazakh tournament, Alejandro Davidovich from Malaga said goodbye to Russian Pavel Kotov (6-4, 6-4). The world number 31 gave up his first serve of the match and although he recovered it in the eighth game he fell in the first set after the 103 in the ATP ranking responded with a counterbreak. In the second set, two new breaks by his opponent left him out after one hour and 41 minutes of play.
For his part, Jaume Munar gave the surprise in the Tokyo tournament, in the ATP 500 category, against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (6-3, 6-3), number three in the world, a result that brings Alcaraz and Rafa Nadal closer to finish the year in the top two positions in the ATP ranking.
The Spaniard started with 5-1 in the first round, but struggled to close it, having to wait until his sixth chance. More shot was the second, where with two ‘breaks’ the pass to the next round was guaranteed.
