[Zhan Jianjian/Comprehensive Report]King Novak Djokovic had a disappointing performance at the Monte Carlo Masters this year. He suffered a defeat in his first appearance in the round of 32. Not only that, he highly praised before the game. World No. 11, 18-year-old “Little Bull” Carlos Alcaraz unexpectedly lost 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 3-6 in the round of 32 singles Stop the 21-year-old American Sebastian Korda, the 42nd in the world.
Aikaraz just won his first career Masters title in Miami last week, and some media asked Qiao Shuai how he thought of Aikaraz before the game. Djokovic said: “Good news for the tennis world, because We have a new superstar like Ikaraz. I don’t know him very well, I never trained or played with him, but he has a really good reputation, a lot of respect for him, and he and all the players We get along very well, last year I saw him play really well in a few games.”
But I just finished speaking. Qiao Shuai was out in the top 32 the day before. Unexpectedly, the “Rising Star Wars” Akaraz, who was in the top 32 today, was also challenged by his opponent Kodak. Kodak won the first set 7-2 with a lead.
In the second set, the two sides broke each other for the second time, and again reached a 6-6 tie-break. This time, it was replaced by Aikaraz to equalize 7-5; but in the crucial third set, the two sides broke each other in the first and fourth games, but Kodak successfully broke serve twice in the 8th game, and finally beat Aikaraz to the round of 16 with 6-3.
Kodak said happily: “I’m very happy to win today, I stay calm and believe in myself, every time he brings the ball to his own rhythm, it becomes a super tough game, it’s a crazy game. “