Alcaraz reached the quarterfinals in Beijing after an express victory
Carlos Alcaraz achieved an express victory in the 1/8 finals of the Beijing tournament, defeating the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor in 56 minutes (6-1 and 6-2), confirming the good moment he had already shown in the last Laver Cup. Russian Karen Khachanov will fight in the quarterfinals.
On the center court of the Chinese capital and in a match played indoors, the Murcian showed good spirits from the very beginning, which were also accompanied by unforced errors from his opponent, who gave up after 56 minutes of suffering against the third number in the table. world.
Two breaks in the opening games gave them a 5-0 lead and although Grickspoor managed to stop the bleeding, he could do nothing for the El Palmar man with his serve to wrap up the first set in just 24 minutes.
Already in the second set, the Spaniard had to wait for the third game to break his opponent’s serve and tie five games in a row. At 5-1 and the rest he lost a match point and the Dutchman sighed, but in the next he failed to make it 6-2 and seal his victory.
Alcaraz will now face Russian Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals, who this Sunday defeated Argentine Francisco Cerundolo in a two-set match that had to be decided by tiebreaker (7-6(4), 7-6). (9)).