Carlos Alcaraz already has a new rival for the round of 16 of the Cincinnati Master. The American Tommy Paul, the same one who eliminated him last Friday in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1,000 in Toronto, will face Murcia again on a hard court.
In the first game in the Cincinnati tournament, Alcaraz beat Jordan Thompson on Wednesday. It was in three sets (7-5, 4-6 and 6-3)
The Murcian was better on the court than in Toronto, although it is still noticeable that the Spanish tennis player lacks one more point of rhythm on the hard court.
Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil needed almost three hours to eliminate the Australian tennis player. Although it is also true that the game was stopped due to rain in the fourth game and broke the rhythm of the match.
On the other hand, Tommy Paul accesses this round after beating Frenchman Ugo Humbert 6-1, 7-6. It will be the fourth time that he has faced the Spanish tennis player on the ATP circuit with a partial of two victories to one in his favor.
The match between Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul will be played at dawn from Thursday to Friday, but the organization of the Cincinnati tournament has yet to define the time of the meeting.
Like the rest of the Cincinnati Master 1000, the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul can be seen on the Vamos channel of Movistar Plus and on ATP Tennis TV.
On the other hand, the new Davis Cup captain, David Ferrer, has confirmed that Carlos Alcaraz will lead the Spanish team in the group stage of the Davis Cup finals to be held in Valencia from September 12 to 17.
Alejandro Davidovich, a recent semifinalist in the Master 100 in Toronto, Roberto Bautista and Marcel Granollers complete the list of players waiting for a fifth player to be decided later to face the Czech Republic, Serbia and South Korea.
Ferrer, who will make his debut as captain, assured that he sees the team in “good shape” and that the players called up “are having a good season” and praised the role of the new batch of Spanish tennis players.
