Carlos Alcaraz will be seed number 1 in the upcoming ATP 500 tournament in Astana. The main draw will start on Monday and the young Spaniard will be opposed to Holger Rune in what will be a very interesting first-round match.
Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune faced off only once. Their record is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 4-3(6) 4-2 4-0 in the round robin in Milan (Next Gen ATP Finals) in November 2021.
Here are the video highlights.
Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas are among the other top players who will play in this tournament. Here is the full main draw.
Carlos Alcaraz in 2022
WLWLLWLWWW Ranked no.1, Alcaraz played his last match on the 18th of September when he defeated world no.121 Soon-Woo Kwon 6-4 7-6(1) in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
Presently, during this year Alcaraz has managed to achieve an overall 52-10 win-loss record. Carlos clinched 5 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Barcelona, Madrid and U.S. Open. Carlos was the runner-up in Hamburg and in Umag.
Alcaraz will compete next in Nur-Sultan (Astana Open). He will commence the tournament from the main draw on the 3rd of October.
Rune in Sofia, ranking, and results in 2022
At the moment ranked no.31, Holger achieved a composed 34-25 win-loss record in 2022. The Dane is now playing in Sofia where he overcame the world no.109 Tim Van Rijthoven 7-62 7-66, the world no.45 Lorenzo Sonego 6-71 6-4 6-3 and the world no.71 Ilya Ivashka 6-2 5-7 6-4.
Holger Rune will face the world no.10 Jannik Sinner in the semifinal. They have never played each other up to now in top tournaments.
The Dane conquered 2 titles in 2022 in the Sanremo Challenger and in Munich.
He is also scheduled to play in Florence (Firenze Open) on the 10th of October and Stockholm (Stockholm Open) on the 17th of October.
Djokovic in Tel Aviv, ranking, and results in 2022
LWWWWWWLWW Currently the world no.7, the Serbian has achieved an overall 26-6 record in 2022. Novak is currently competing in Tel Aviv where he bested the world no.115 Pablo Andujar 6-0 6-3 and the world no.149 Vasek Pospisil 7-65 6-3.
Novak Djokovic will play the world no.104 Roman Safiullin in the semifinal on Saturday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the past, they have never competed against each other as of now on the main tour.
Novak conquered 2 titles in 2022 in Rome and Wimbledon. Djokovic was the finalist in Belgrade (Serbia Open).
Djokovic won 89 titles in his career: 49 on hard courts, 18 on clay courts, 14 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2022
Currently the world no.6, Tsitsipas played his last match on the 25th of September when he lost to world no.19 Francis Tiafoe 1-6 7-6(11) 10-8 in the round robin in the Laver Cup (draw).
This year Stefanos has a 47-18 win-loss record. Stefanos conquered 2 titles in 2022 in Monte-Carlo and Mallorca. Tsitsipas was the runner-up in Rotterdam, in Rome and in Cincinnati.
Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas played each other 9 times. The head to head is 7-2 for Djokovic. Previously, the last time they squared off, Novak Djokovic won 6-0 7-6(5) in the final in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 15th of May 2022.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Carlos Alcaraz, Holger Rune |
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