After being exempted from the first round, Carlos Alcaraz had just matched at Madrid Open 2023 last night. The rival of the No. 1 seed is Emil Ruusuvuori. Notably, it was the opponent who defeated him at Miami Open 2021.
Entering Set 1, Ruusuvuori made the fans in Madrid surprised. Accordingly, the Finnish tennis player is the one who completely owns the game. After winning the white game 3, he won the break in game 4 and quickly took the lead 4-1.
While Alcaraz was still struggling to reclaim the break, Ruusuvuori quickly ended the opponent. He won white game hinge 7 and won the break decided in game 8 to end set 1 with a 6-2 difference. This is a long game, Alcaraz saved the first 3 break Point but failed in the fourth time.
Being led 1 set, Alcaraz has rising strongly in the following 2 sets. In set 2, the number seeds faced 5 break point in game 6 but successfully neutralized. Shortly thereafter, he won the only break of the set in game 7 to win 6-4 sets.
Entering the 3 decision set, Alcaraz won the break right in game 1 to gain advantage. The Tay Nha player then continues to win the break in game 5 with a white winning game. In the rest of the set, Ruusuvuori could not turn the flag, thereby accepting the racket with a 2-6 defeat.
In the end, Alcaraz defeated Emil Ruusuvuori with a score of 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, thereby winning tickets to the third round of Madrid Open 2023. The next opponent of the world's No. 2 player will be Grigor Dimitrov.
