What time does Alcaraz play?
Alcaraz continues to do his job. With virtually no preparation for the Australian Open, the Murcian has already produced his best result at the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. And all this after getting rid of the bellicose Lorenzo Sonego, who sold his defeat dearly and forced the Murcian to play four sets and two sudden deaths, which decided the outcome of the match in favor of the Spaniard.
Become the great Spanish hope in the Australian tournament, being the only tennis player from the “Spanish army” who still has a chance to win the title after the recent elimination of Paula Badosa, Alcaraz will meet in the third round with 18 Two-year-old Chinese Junchen Shang, 140th in the world, left-handed and one of the guests of the tournament, who won in the first two rounds, Mackenzie McDonald and Sumit Nagal.
Also an Asian son of a soccer player and a table tennis player, Shan was the junior number one in 2021 and lost the US Open final to Daniel Rincón that year.
Shan has never faced the Murcian before, so this will be an unprecedented fight between the only Chinese representative in the draw and the only Spaniard present in the third round.
The match between Juncheng “Jerry” Shang and Carlos Alcaraz will take place on Saturday, January 20, no earlier than 03:30 Spanish time. The match can be followed on television via Eurosport 1 (available on various payment platforms such as Movistar Plus+) and online via streaming on the Eurosport app (formerly Eurosport Player), while in Latin America it will be broadcast on ESPN and Star+. You can also follow all the tournament news on the LAS PROVINCIAS website.