Alcaraz repeats last year’s Madrid Open final in the round of 16

Carlos Alcaraz return to the clay court tomorrow Madrid meet the German in the round of 16 Alexander Zverev (from 4:00 p.m., Teledeporte)in a replay of last year’s final at the same tournament.

In the other three games (Roland Garros in 2022, Vienna 2021 and acapulco 2021), the balance fell on the side of the Teutons. There aren’t too many players who can say they have a positive record against Murcian, but Zverev is one of them, so he will be a tough rock for the world number two in his quest to retain his title.

Alcaraz has won 17 in a row in Spain, the same streak he had in the United States, and he will have a chance to surpass that in the matchup against the German.

The young tennis player from Murcia, who will turn 20 on Friday and is the number two player in the world, has his best streak open as a professional in his country after winning five matches at the tournament in Barcelona and the Madrid Open and taking both titles, as well as five with which he faced this year in Barcelona for the requalification of the trophy.

Badosa says goodbye to Madrid

Paul Bados bid farewell to the tournament in Madrid, after losing to the Greeks Maria Sakkari (6-4, 6-4), a result that leaves the women’s draw of the competition without a Spaniard.

The tennis player, currently the 42nd tennis player in the world, did not manage to break her opponent’s serve in the hour and 28 minutes that the match lasted. The Spaniards lost two balls break in the fourth game, and she could not do anything to prevent the ninth in the WTA ranking from taking serve in the seventh, enough to close the first set on the second occasion. Already in the second set, Sakkari started with a break that allowed him to dominate the set and finish the match without any break balls. Badosa will remain in Madrid to try to progress into the doubles draw with American Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Despite that, Badosa appreciated good games and positive feelings because he tries to be “as less self-destructive as possible”.

Medvedev, against the public

Russian Daniel Medvedev, who passed a new test at the Masters 1,000 in Madrid by beating his compatriot Alexander Shevchenko with 4-6, 6-1 and 7-5, and reaching the round of 16, represented a special challenge for those visiting the Manolo Santana Stadium in magic box, who booed him for most of the game.

Medvedev regretted that some of the fans were against him, as happens with other players like the Dane Holger’s rune Sunday or Serbian Novak Djokovic.

“I was hitting the racket a bit after the first set because I was frustrated with some mistakes and the crowd started booing. I answered as if they would do that more, it’s true. But later, when you play a good point, you can get them on your side,” said the Russian. “As soon as something happens, even if they don’t know exactly what it is, they boo you. I’ve been through that enough. And Novak Djokovic, a lot of players . Now it’s part of tennis,” Medvedev added.