Carlos Alcaraz rallied from a break down in the first set to claim a hard-fought victory over Botic van de Zandschulp in his opening match at the Rotterdam Open on Tuesday. (More Tennis News)
Alcaraz was put through his paces against the Dutch wildcard, but emerged a 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-1 victor in a contest that lasted just over two-and-a-half hours.
The Spaniard saved a break point early on before seeing out the opening game at the third time of asking, but was broken by his opponent the next time he was on serve.
Alcaraz responded immediately with a break of his own in the following game before edging the tie-break to conclude a one hour and four minute long opening set.바카라 웹사이트
But바카라 웹사이트Van de Zandschulp responded emphatically in the second, earning a crucial break in the sixth game before holding out on serve to take the encounter the distance.바카라 웹사이트
However, the Dutchman seemingly used up all his energy in the second set, with Alcaraz able to assert his dominance before seeing out the contest in an error-strewn display.바카라 웹사이트
The world number three, who is yet to reach a championship match indoors, will face either바카라 웹사이트Andrea Vavassori바카라 웹사이트or바카라 웹사이트two-time winner in 2025,바카라 웹사이트Felix Auger-Aliassime,바카라 웹사이트in the next바카라 웹사이트round.
Alcaraz joins Andrey Rublev and바카라 웹사이트Alex de Minaur in the last 16 after the pair eased to comfortable straight-set victories earlier in the day.바카라 웹사이트
Rublev beat바카라 웹사이트Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 6-4, while De Minaur followed up his quarter-final run at the Australian Open with a convincing 6-2 6-4 win over Belgian David Goffin.바카라 웹사이트
Data Debrief: Alcaraz victorious, but far from his best
After the disappointment of his Australian Open quarter-final loss바카라 웹사이트to Novak Djokovic last month, Alcaraz appeared off the pace in his first match since the Melbourne tournament.
Despite winning 68% of his first-serve points to Van de Zandschulp's 65%, the Spaniard was uncharacteristically slack with his serve, producing five double faults in the match.바카라 웹사이트
Alcaraz also registered an astonishing바카라 웹사이트40 unforced errors in the opening two sets, and will be looking to improve in his next match on Thursday.바카라 웹사이트
