Alcaraz advances to the last 16, Ruud narrow victory over the home boy
The matches of the 1/32 stage were played for the first important Slam competition of this year, the “Australian Open”.
Number two in the world, Carlos Alcaraz managed to pass the Italian Lorenzo Sonego with considerable difficulty.
The tennis player from Murcia won with the result 3-1 (6-4, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6) in a challenge that lasted a full 3 hours and 30 minutes.
Alcaraz started the match better than Sonego, with the latter trying to rival the 20-year-old, but unable to succeed.
With this victory, the Spaniard passed to the next stage of the tournament, where he will face the Chinese Juncheng Shang, who in turn eliminated the Indian Sumit Nagal.
In the next match in Melbourne, Casper Ruud managed to overcome the Australian Max Purcell with great suffering.
The meeting, which lasted for nearly 4 hours, ended 3-2 (6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6) in favor of the Norwegian.
The challenge was extremely exciting, which was decided only by the “Tie-Break” round. Disadvantage for Ruud in this duel was the local public who was a fan of their “boy of the house” 25-year-old Purcell.
With this success, Ruud moved to the top 16, where he will face the British Norrie, who defeated the Italian Zeppieri with great difficulty.
The strongest match of this phase is expected to be that of Jannik Sinner who will challenge the Argentine Sebastian Baez. There have been no surprises on the Australian tour so far, with the best tennis players advancing.
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