Tommy Paul and Carlos Alcaraz were seen on television interacting after their Cincinnati Open match was postponed a second time due to rain.
When the weather intervened in their conflict, the world No. 1 was serving at 4-3 in the fourth set. And after returning to the court less than an hour later, they were compelled to leave right away. They walked back to the locker room together and had a private conversation there. When play was restarted, Alcaraz had won 7-6, 6-7, 6-3.
Both players came back less than an hour later, but as soon as they reached the baseline, the weather altered a second time.
Paul and Alcaraz were instructed to wait in the warm-up area. The lovely scene was captured on TV cameras as Paul waited for Alcaraz in the hallway the two of them walked back together while talking.
Real gentlemen of the sport 🤝
— Eric Hernandez (@erich74) August 18, 2023
Alcaraz in Cincinnati, ranking, and results in 2023
WWWWWWWWLW At the moment ranked no.1, the Spaniard owns a composed 51-5 match record in 2023. Alcaraz is competing in Cincinnati where he overcame the world no.55 Jordan Thompson 7-5 4-6 6-3 and the world no.13 Tommy Paul 7-66 6-70 6-3.
Carlos Alcaraz will face the world no.70 Max Purcell in the quarter on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the past, they have never competed against each other up to now in top tournaments.
The Spaniard has won 6 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Wimbledon. Alcaraz was the runner-up in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open).
Alcaraz won 12 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 7 on clay courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Alcaraz will compete 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 28th of August.
Tommy Paul in 2023
WLWWWWWWWW Currently the world no.13 (career-high), Paul played his last match on the 17th of August when he lost to world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(6) 6-7(0) 6-3 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati (draw).
At present, during this year Tommy achieved a compiled 37-20 win-loss record. Tommy Paul’s most significant achievement of the present year was reaching the final in Acapulco, the Aix En Provence Challenger and Eastbourne.
Paul is scheduled to 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 28th of August.
Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul fought against each other 4 times. Their current head to head is 2-2. Before, the last time they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 7-6(6) 6-7(0) 6-3 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) on the 17th of August 2023.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
