Carlos Alcaraz – Machac, live
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz dispute this Thursday Shanghai Masters 1000 quarter-final in front of the young Czech Thomas Machakwho beat American Tommy Paul with a comeback of 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3.
LIVE Carlos Alcaraz vs. Machac | ATP Shanghai
Previous
Access to Alcaraz is via for the first time in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters 1000 after defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils (6-4, 7-5), having previously done so against two local players: first against Shang Juncheng (6-2, 6-2) and then against Wu Yibing, 7-6 (5) and 6-3, and it becomes the first Spanish tennis player to achieve this since 2017. when Rafa Nadal and Albert Ramos achieved this.
Carlos Alcaraz arrived in 50 wins this season for the third year in a row, this time playing 59 matches, and he is the only tennis player to have achieved so many victories at the professional level since becoming established in the elite.
After beat Frenchman Gael Monfils in the 1/8 finals With a score of 6-4, 7-5, the Murcian has put behind him the bad moment he suffered while touring the United States last August and is two wins away from equaling his record for most consecutive matches won as a professional (12).
If he defeats Machak, the Murcian will be able to repeat the victory.the victory that the Beijing Open tournament recently gave him against the current number one in the world, Jannik Sinneralthough this would also require winning a high-level fight against a Russian Daniil Medvedev fifth best tennis player of our time.
Cech predicted the match would be “interesting to watch” due to the speed of both players after praising the Murcian for his “speed on the court”.
It will be second time they meet that El Palmar and that Beroun, this 23 year old guy holding this position 33rd place in the international ATP list.. A precedent arose during the September 11 confrontation. Spain-Czech Republic group stage of the tournament Davis Cup held in Valencia, and Carlos took him to a meeting that ended early due to Makhach’s injury who won the first set 6-7 (3), although the second set had already been scored by Alcaraz with a clear score of 6-1.
The development of Palmareño allows us to think that may exceed 14 wins of the successes he achieved in 2023, five at the ATP 500 in Queens, seven at Wimbledon and two he won at the Masters 1000 in Canada, until his path was crossed by Tommy Paul, to whom he lost 3-6, 6- 4 and 3. -6-.