Alcaraz is looking to complete a “Sunshine double” after successfully defending his title at Indian Wells earlier this month. The 20-year-old Spaniard admitted that he was preparing for a duel heated with Monfils.
However, the French player could not express himself and could hardly make it difficult for Alcaraz, who played consistently and was the number one seed, without showing his best performance. to win against the French opponent.
The number one seed completely overwhelmed the veteran French tennis player. In the first set, after advancing in the early stages thanks to the right to serve against Monfils, they lost 5 consecutive games and lost 6-2.
The second set Alcaraz started off well with a break In the first and fifth games, the Spaniard missed a chance to win quickly when he lost a break in game 8, but that only slowed down his victory a bit. Alcaraz won 6-4 in the second set and finished the match in round 3. Next he will play against Lorenzo Musetti.
“Monfils is a great athlete he touches all I tried to make him move with my best forehand shots to dominate the points and I tried to do that in this match everything worked very well. good” Alcaraz said after the victory.
“For me it’s amazing and crazy that they come to watch me play I want to show my best game so they can enjoy it too. Today I played a great match and we are all happy” Alcaraz added as his gaze turned to the stands where Neymar and Juan Martin del Potro came to watch the match.
County German fourth seed Alexander Zverev showed off his great qualities to escape a difficult first set en route to a 7-6(4) 6-3 victory over Christopher Eubanks in the third round of the Miami Open. Zverev’s opponent for the quarterfinals will be Karen Khachanov.
“This is a difficult match. I think he controlled the match throughout the first set. I tried to wait wait and sometimes that’s what you need to do” Zverev shared after the victory.
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