Albert Ramos surpassed his debut in the Swiss event
MADRID, 27 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz surpassed this Wednesday his second match in the Basel tournament (Switzerland) by beating the Dutchman Botic Van De Zandschulp (6-4, 6-2), with which he will face his compatriot Pablo Carreño in the quarterfinals. final.
After suffering in his debut against the British Jack Draper, Alcaraz began to carburete as number one in the world. The Murcian had to start seriously because the rival did too, with break balls for both, but Alcaraz victorious in the seventh game.
With the break, Roger Federer’s favorite at home won the set without any more scares, which came in the second act. The Dutchman got 0-2 from the start, but Alcaraz prevented his rival from confirming the ‘break’ and managed his six games in a row to win the match.
The number one in the world will now face a Carreño who closed the day in Basel at 1 in the morning. The Spaniard defeated Swiss Dominic Stricker (7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4), who put his rival on the ropes. After scoring the first set, Carreño saw the match get complicated, but regained control in the third set saving three break balls.
In addition, Albert Ramos got rid of the thorn of recent defeats with a great comeback over Italian Lorenzo Musetti (1-6, 6-3, 6-4). After his early defeats in Astana, Gijón and Naples, the Catalan surpassed his debut on Swiss soil, coming back from 1-4 in the third set to now meet the Kazakh Alexander Bublik.