In Miami Open last week, Carlos Alcaraz caused great disappointment. The Spanish tennis player was eliminated in the match of the male single round. He lost against David Goffin with a score of 5-7 6-4 6-3.
This week, Alcaraz was present in France to start the land season. He attended the ATP 1000 Monte Carlo Masters and was ranked No. 3. According to the draw results, his first opponent Francisco Cerundolo.
Entering the first game, Alcaraz entered the good and won the break early in Game 3. He made the most of the impatience and continuous damage from Alcaraz to win 2 important breaks in games 4 and 6 before closing the set set with 6-3 victory.
However, the game has completely changed from Set 2. Alcaraz now began to adjust the gameplay, minimize the error of self -damage, and enhance the pressure from the end of the yard with powerful shots. The Spanish tennis player does not give the opponent any opportunity to win white 6-0.
Set 3 continues to witness the level of Alcaraz's level. He maintained the excitement, broke the serve early and completely controlled the game. On the other side of the battle line, Cerúndolo gradually appeared exhausted and disoriented in front of the opponent's transformation. The set closed quickly with a score of 6-1 in favor of seed No. 3.
With this result, Alcaraz has officially won tickets to the third round of Monte Carlo Masters this year. He will compete for the quarterfinal tickets with Daniel Altmaier.
