After returning to winning ways in his first-ever match in China, Carlos Alcaraz indicated that he was beginning a new chapter in his career.
He lost to Daniil Medvedev at the US Open just three weeks ago, which was a dramatic end to his chances of defending his title in New York. At the Beijing ATP 500, Alcaraz defeated German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 6-3 to get started on his attempt to succeed Novak Djokovic as the year’s top player.
Alcaraz shared his thoughts after the match and said: “Hopefully I have a lot of years to come here to China. Creating my chapter here in China would be great for me. To finally be able to come here to China and show my tennis in front of the Chinese people is something that I wanted a long time ago and I’m really happy to do it, hopefully the first of many here.”
He further added: “I’m really happy to be able to win this match in straight sets. Yannick’s playing great. He’s a really dangerous player, big shots. He was playing big bombs in this match so I had to be really focused, trying to not let him dominate the match. I tried to be really focused on every part of my game. I have to improve a little bit so I’m really happy to do it and have another chance to be better in the next round.”
Alcaraz in Beijing, ranking, and results in 2023
Now ranked no.2, Alcaraz achieved a compiled 59-7 record in 2023. The Spaniard is currently having a run in Beijing where he defeated the world no.53 Yannick Hanfmann 6-4 6-3
.Carlos Alcaraz will square off with the world no.18 Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd round. Their record is 2-1 for Alcaraz.
The Spaniard has won 6 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Wimbledon. The Spaniard was the finalist in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open) and in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open).
The Spaniard won 13 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 7 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Alcaraz will compete next in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 4th of October.
Carlos Alcaraz |
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