The withdrawal of the world number one Carlos Alcaraz vs. Holger Rune due to abdominal discomfort was the news of the quarterfinals of the Paris-Bercy Masters, phase that Novak Djokovic, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Stefanos Tsitsipas successfully passed.
At the end of the second round, in the middle of a tie-break, Alcaraz, 19, couldn’t take it any longer and beat a retreat against a rival of the same generation, Rune.
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The discomfort on one side of the abdomen prevented him from making several movements. The game had already been complicated for the Spanish. He had lost the first set (3-6) and in the second he was 6-6 (3-1 down in the tie-break).
Retiring “is something I try to avoid as much as possible and I don’t see it as an option,” acknowledged the Murcian, who recalled that this is the second time he has left a match on the circuit since 2021 US Open, when he had a torn quadriceps.
The low is hard for your aspirations. If he had won in Bercy he would have guaranteed the world title in 2022, a position he reached after winning the US Open in September. Now it will depend on what happens at the Turin ATP Finals that start on November 13.
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El Palmar’s presence is not assured -it will depend on whether he has a tear or not- and Rafael Nadal he could overtake him if he manages to counteract the 1,000 points disadvantage he has. An unknown also considering that the winner of 22 majors is far from his best physical and mental shape.
Rune, meanwhile, hit the bell with his rocky and agile tennis and is emerging as another of the great names of Alcaraz’s generation. The Dane, winner this year in Stockholm (hard court) and Munich (clay), faces his executioner in the Basel final less than a week ago, Auger-Aliassimeeighth in the world and pupil of Toni Nadal.
The Canadian with Togolese roots continues like a shot and submitted 6-1 and 6-4 to the American Frances Tiafoe, who dropped Nadal in the last US Open. Without Alcaraz, Nadal and neither Daniel Medvedev -eliminated by Alex de Miñaur-, Djokovic is the big favorite to win at Bercy.
The current champion of the tournament left only three games against Lorenzo Musetti, another of the tenors of the new generation. The 6-0 and 6-3 signed by the Belgrade they are a serious warning to his next rival, Tsitsipas.
The Greek stopped the American in his tracks tommy paulwho had been vicious with the Spanish tennis players in this edition (he got off, in this order, Robert Baptist, Nadal and Pablo Carreno). Tsitsipas, who has already accumulated 60 victories this course, triumphed in two sets (6-2 and 6-4) in one hour and 16 minutes. The Greek player has succumbed eight of the ten times Djokovic has been measured.
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