The Spaniard certainly imagined it differently. His start to the year-end tournament for tennis professionals goes wrong.
Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz experienced a nasty surprise at the start of the ATP Finals. The Wimbledon and French Open champion lost his first group game against Norwegian Casper Ruud in Turin after a disappointing start and a drop in performance in the second set 1:6, 5:7. This puts the Spaniard under pressure in the group with world number two Alexander Zverev and has to worry about his participation in the semi-finals of the season finale.
Alcaraz, who unexpectedly failed in the round of 16 at the Masters 1000 event in Paris, made too many easy mistakes overall. He initially got into the game better in the second set and was already leading 5-2 thanks to an increase in performance. But instead of securing the equalizer of the set, the 21-year-old suffered another weak phase and gave up his serve game to make it 5:4. Alcaraz hardly managed anything and after 1:25 hours the opening defeat was sealed. For the first time, the Spaniard lost to the world number seven in the fifth match.
Source: Stern
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