Alcaraz’s most bitter record at the US Open

The quarterfinal match that the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz lost to Ben Shelton concluded at 03:33 local time in New York. A record is the one that later ended up in Flushing Meadows. For the Spaniard, the previous record was the best memory.

He beat the Italian Jannik Sinner in the 2022 quarterfinals, concluding their classification at 02:50 hours, although exceeding the five-game time, which against the American was 4h.28′.

The duel between Alcaraz and Shelton started later than expected, after eleven at night. The reason was that the daytime session was extended, since Frances Tiafoe came back from two sets down against his fellow American Alex Michelsen. They competed for 4h.39′, which did not allow the afternoon session to start at 7pm, but one later.

Tickets from the daytime session are not valid for the nighttime session. The public must be evacuated from Arthur Ashe Stadium, then new fans must be allowed in, more than 20,000 at each turn.

Besides, Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro They spent 2h.21′ competing in the center, before giving way to Carlos Alcaraz, who does not like to play at night because the humidity puts weight on the balls, and Ben Shelton.