Currently, the focus of the felt ball village is Hamburg Open – the ATP 500 on the ground of the ground is held in Germany. Here, the most notable name is Carlos Alcaraz. The 19 -year -old player is showing an impressive performance in the first half of this season.
Last night July 19, Alcaraz had a match at Hamburg Open. His opponent is Nicola Kuhn – the player currently ranked 259 in the world. Contrary to the predictions of experts, Kuhn has caused many difficulties for the No. 1 seed.
In this match, Alcaraz did not enter well. Even in Set 1, he let the opponent play first and lose the break in game 6. In the rest of the set, the Spaniard could not reclaim the break, thereby losing 3-6.
Being led 1 set, Alcaraz played extremely hard. Those efforts paid off when he won set 2 to balance the score 1-1. In this set, the 19-year-old star started very well when he won 2 consecutive breaks to lead 5-0 and then ended the set match with a 6-1 gap.
Entering the set of 3 decisions, the drama was pushed to the climax. Accordingly, the two players no one loses the break and must pull each other into a series of tie-breaks. At this time, Alcaraz's bravery was shown when he won with a score of 7-3.
In the end, Alcaraz defeated Kuhn with a score of 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3) to win tickets to continue. In the second round, his opponent will be Filip Krajinovic, who has just won 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6) against Sebastian Baez.
Notably, if the Hamburg Open champion, Alcaraz will rise to 5 ATP next week. This will definitely help the 19 -year -old player to have more determination.
