At the recent Indian Wells Masters, Carlos Alcaraz was unable to successfully defend the championship. The Spanish star collapsed in the semi -finals after losing to Jack Draper. This is also the player later crowned.
This week, Alcaraz continued to attend the remaining Masters in the US, Miami Open. According to the draw results, his first opponent in the second round was David Goffin (55th in the world). The big shock happened when the No. 2 seed received a bitter failure.
Entering Set 1, Goffin won the break first in game 7, but Alcaraz quickly reclaimed the break in game 8 to level the gap. Coming to the game 12 decided, he continued to successfully break the opponent's gaming game. Set 1 closed with a 7-5 victory in favor of the Spaniard.
However, Goffin then rising strongly to have an unbelievable backward. Game 2, the Belgian player won a single break in game 9 to win 6-4. And in set 3 decisions, he even played more impressive when he won 2 breaks in games 1 and 9.
In the end, Alcaraz accepted the racket with defeat 7-5, 4-6, 3-6 and officially parted with Miami Open in the opening match. This is the second consecutive time he forgive Goffin, after Astana Open in 2022.
Another championship, Daniil Medvedev, has just lost shock in the second round. Meanwhile, Nick Kyrgios was also eliminated after losing to Karen Khachanov.
