Back after the injury, Alcaraz is showing impressive performance. At the recent Indian Wells Masters, the Spanish tennis player won the championship when defeating Daniil Medvedev in the final. This title also helps him to officially reclaim the world's No. 1 position from Novak Djokovic.
Leaving Indian Wells, Alcaraz is present at the next Masters 1000 in the US, Miani Open. Here, he continued to be the No. 1 seed of the tournament, also the leading candidate for the championship. This morning, the 19 -year -old star defeated Dusan Lajovic to be in the fourth round.
This match, Alcaraz had a perfect set. The No. 1 seed won 3 consecutive breaks and won this white set with a score of 6-0. Meanwhile, Lajovic played too badly and could not win any game.
After a disappointing set 1, Lajovic has rising strongly in Set 2. Serbian tennis players are the one who won the previous break in game 4 and played fairly with Alcaraz. At game 7, he almost was able to resolve the set soon when there was a chance to win the break, but did not take advantage of success.
Shortly thereafter, Alcaraz showed his bravery. The No. 1 seed reclaims the break in 10 hinge game to balance the score 5-5. After that, the two players had to enter a series of tie-breaks to determine the victory.
On the gun battle series, Alcaraz started well when leading 3-0. Lajovic later made great efforts, but still accepted the racket with the 7-5 defeat.
In the end, Alcaraz defeated Lajovic after 2 sets with a score of 6-0, 7-6 (5) and officially won tickets to the 4th round of Miami Open 2023. Here, his opponent will be Tommy Paul. The American player has just defeated Davidovich Fokina in the third round.
