Alcaraz defeats Wu to reach the 1/8 finals of the Shanghai Masters
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz reached the 1/8 finals of the tournament in Shanghai (China)The penultimate ATP Masters 1000 player of the season to play on hard court after beating the Chinese this Sunday with more difficulty than expected. Yibing Wu (7-6(5), 6-3)and will meet in the next round with the winner of the French fight between Hugo Humbert and Gael Monfils.
The Murcian, the current world number two, faced more resistance than expected against the world number 560. The local tennis player, in front of a devoted crowd, fought off the only two break opportunities Alcaraz had in the first set, in which neither managed to break his opponent’s serve.
Thus, everything had to be decided in a tiebreaker, in which Wu, who eliminated Chilean Nicolas Jarry in the first round, took a 3-1 lead. However, the player from El Palmar stood firm in the face of two small breaks from the Asian tennis player and He won the last three mini points and won the heat.
The second set is calmer
Already in the second set, Alcaraz again had problems breaking Wu’s serve, which he held in the first games. At 3-2, the Spaniard signed the decisive break, which was enough for him to also take the second set on his second match point after an hour and 40 minutes of battle.
Alcaraz, who remains undefeated on the Asian Tour, where he already won the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing, thus reaches 100 wins on hard courts and now has eleven wins to his name. In the 1/8 finals they will have to meet the winner of the fratricidal match between the French Hugo Humbert and Gael Monfils.