MADRID, 22 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz could not finish his debut this Tuesday in the tournament in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), scoring for the ATP and which is played on clay, after the rain forced him to stop and suspend his match against him. Brazilian Mateus Alves, whom he was close to eliminating after winning the first set 6-4 and dominating the second 5-3.
The Murcian, first seeded in the Brazilian event and defending champion, found himself with more problems than expected against the number 556 in the world ranking and invited by the organizers, who was putting up a lot of resistance, but who already seemed about to give up. bend the knee when adverse weather appeared.
Alcaraz, winner last Sunday in Buenos Aires in his first tournament in more than a hundred days of absence due to injury, failed to find his best game rhythm in difficult conditions due to humidity and wind, connecting many winners, but also making mistakes forced more.
In fact, the man from El Palmar started the game with a break, although he knew how to react to recover it instantly against an opponent who proved to have a powerful serve that helped him a lot, especially when he was able to play with first. The Spaniard patiently endured his chance, which he appeared in the seventh game to break again and, despite the Brazilian’s resistance, defend it to take the set after 50 minutes.
This did not affect Alves excessively, who continued to face the number two in the world, who also did not lose his composure despite continuing to find his best tennis and who seemed to get closer to victory with a new ‘break’ in a game that seemed to have controlled the game. South American. Alves still had energy to regain the deficit on a poor next serve from his opponent, but he gave it up again and Alcaraz was left on the verge of the second round, prevented by heavy rain.
In addition, the Barcelonan Albert Ramos, seventh favorite on the Brazilian red clay and who had lost the first set 7-5 and led 4-3, without breaks, at the time of the suspension, could not finish his debut either. In this way, the only tennis player from the ‘Armada’ who could play this day was Roberto Carballés from Tenerife, who could not with the Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, fourth seed (4-6, 6-3, 6-3).