2023-09-01 01:58:46
After four days of tournament, Carlos Alcaraz still has his trophy acquired last year well in hand. The Spaniard, who had experienced an appetizer aborted by the abandonment of Dominik Koepfer, completed the affair in three sets (6-3, 6-1, 7-6 [4]) and 2h31 of play against Lloyd Harris. Here he is in the third round of this US Open 2023 without having left too many feathers on the court despite the good resistance of the South African in the third act. The world No. 1 will face Daniel Evans for a place in the eighth.
A hooked start to the match (Alcaraz even conceded two break points on his first face-off), a long absence and finally a high-intensity third set: Harris showed several faces on the Arthur-Ashe. But he recalled in the last set why he had been a quarter-finalist here two years ago (he is playing this 2023 edition thanks to his protected ranking after a big wrist injury).
Alcaraz very satisfied with his second set
Harris both benefited from a little slack from the Spaniard (Alcaraz gave up a break on a shutout) and was much better able to extricate himself from the power of his opponent. We saw him dare and win some points in the long run. And we saw him waking up the public, delighted to see this match turn into a real confrontation. But Alcaraz whistled the end of recess in the final deciding game.
While the two men were at 4-4, he investigated an XXL return, sent a big second before finally driving the point home on a first catapulted at 205 km / h. “I played a good match but if I had to keep something from this match, it would be my level of play in the second set, with very few errors”, estimated Alcaraz at the end of the meeting, happy to having managed to seal the deal in three sets despite his downturn.
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