After being crowned at the US Open, Carlos Alcaraz and Spain attended the Davis Cup. Here, he lost to Felix Auger -anssime right in the first men's match. Next, the Spanish tennis player continued to disappoint when he was eliminated in the first round of Astana Open when he lost to David Goffin after 2 sets.
After a break, Alcaraz is currently present in Switzerland to attend Swiss Open. This is the ATP 500 tournament on the hard ground, where he is ranked No. 1.
In the second round, the opponent of Alcaraz is Botic Van de Zandschulp. Unlike the first match, the No. 1 seed did not have much difficulty to win tickets.
Entering Set 1, the two players create a fairly balanced game when entering. At game 7, Alcaraz created a turning point when winning the break first. He kept the advantage until the end of the set to win 6-4.
Sang set 2, Van de Zandschulp suddenly won the break first in the game 2 to lead 2-0. However, Alcaraz quickly reclaimed the game. The No. 1 seed reclaims the break in game 3 to balance the score 2-2 in game 4.
In the rest of the set, Alcaraz played completely compared to Van De Zandschulp. The US Open champion won another 2 breaks in games 5 and 7. To Game 8, he won the White 40-0, thereby closing Set 2 with a 6-2 difference.
In the end, Alcaraz defeated Van de Zandschulp with a score of 6-4, 6-2 to officially be present in the quarterfinals of Swiss Open 2022. His next opponent was compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta. In the last round, Carreno Busta surpassed Dominic Stricker with a score of 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4.
