After defeating Tallon Griekspoor 6-1, 7-6(3) on Monday, Carlos Alcaraz continued his blazing form and advanced to the third round of the Paris Olympics.
The Spanish player, who is 35-6 this season and has won major trophies at Wimbledon and Roland Garros this year, has now won 17 of his last 18 games. To advance to the quarterfinals, he will next face Roman Safiullin. Rafael Nadal will be his partner in the second round of the doubles on Tuesday.
Argentine duo Andres Molteni and Maximo Gonzalez gave Nadal and Alcaraz a hard battle in the opening round, but they prevailed 7-6(4), 6-4.
Alcaraz talked about it and said: “I’m not used to playing doubles. I’m used to focusing just on singles, but it’s a really special moment for me playing doubles as well. I love playing doubles. So the preparations could be tricky a little bit with the singles, with the practice, doubles. But I’m trying to play my best on both sides.”
Alcaraz in Paris, ranking, and results in 2024
WLWLLWLWWW Currently the world no.3, Alcaraz owns a 35-6 match record in 2024. Carlos is competing in Paris where he conquered the world no.274 Hady Habib 6-3 6-1 and the world no.28 Tallon Griekspoor 6-1 7-6(3).
Carlos Alcaraz will fight against the world no.332 Gabi Adrian Boitan in the . They have never competed against each other until now in top events.
Carlos has won 3 titles in 2024 in Indian Wells, French Open and Wimbledon.
The Spaniard won 16 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts, 8 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 3 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Rafael Nadal in 2024
At the moment ranked no.161, the Spaniard played his last match on the 29th of July when he surrendered to world no.2 Novak Djokovic 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris (draw).
This season the Spaniard achieved an overall 12-7 match record. Rafael Nadal’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Bastad.
Nadal will play next at the U.S. Open (U.S. Open). He will start to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 26th of August.
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal squared off 3 times. Their current record is 2-1 for Nadal. Before, the last time they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) in May 2022.
In the video below you can watch the highlights.
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal |
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