The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, the first series and world number 3, had to use himself thorough The first round of the Rotterdam ATP Tournament (Netherlands).
Alcaraz thus adds his third victory against the Dutch on the particular face to face (3-1), despite the fact that in the last duel they go from Zandschulp eliminated that of the Palmar in the second round of the last Open of the United States, in three sets (6-1, 7-5, 6-4).
There is the circumstance that Botic Van de Zandschulp, current number 84 in the world, surpassed last November Rafa Nadal in the first match of the tie between Spain and the Netherlands (6-4 and 6-4) of the Davis Cup , which ended up being the last assembly of the Balearic as a professional tennis player.
The Span
The Murcian began the encounter with an aggressive but precipitated game, with excess risk from the track bottom and abusing the volley, which led him to lose the service in the third game, and forced him to traile the rest of the rest of the set.
Carlos Alcaraz, in action tonight in Rotterdam
In front he had a Dutch giant with very clear ideas: to rely on his reverse to get out of the trouble and ‘crush’ with the right the balls to the rival’s half -track, a patient and fissure wall that awaited Carlos’s failures.
The rupture of Van de Zandschulp to the Murcian in the fifth game seemed definitive for the set, however Alcaraz replied and took the rival to Tie-Break, where he won 7-3 comfortably.
The second set started with fright for the Palmar, who had to save two breakfast balls before a slightly more aggressive and very aggressive Dutch on track.

The Dutch made things difficult for Alcaraz and even took the second set clearly
Van de Zandschulp ended up breaking the Alcaraz service, again in the fifth game, in the face of the despair of Spanish, who saw as little by little his rival was eating ground and did not give up his serve.
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Always to tow, the Murcia tried to return to the scoreboard, but unlike the first set, the Dutch was more integer with his serve and dissipated any hope of Carlos’s comeback with a final 6-3.
The manga for the tiebreaker could not start better for Alcaraz, than mentally and more successful with the right began sending 3-0 in the score against a Van de Zandschulp without solutions or reaction.
The rhythm of the world number three had risen considerably, especially in the right -wing duel in which he is always so comfortable, in addition to improving his service benefits. With 4-1 in favor, the Spanish managed to break the Dutch and definitely kill the game, who only had an owner in a third set that ended 6-1 and a match that lasted 2 hours and 27 minutes.
In the Spanish Duel of Eighth Finals, the 44 of the world Pedro MartÃnez-6-3 and 6-2- to Roberto Bautista (52) was imposed and will face the winner of the encounter between the Danish Holger Rune (14 of the world) and the Italian Lorenzo Sonego (34).
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