Historical coronation of Alcaraz, new king of Paris
Carlos Alcaraz is the new king of Paris, he conquered for the first time in his career an event that had been hostile to his personal interests and that had not been a favorable fiefdom for Spanish tennis either, which in forty years has just won its second trophy. The Murcian was equal to David Ferrer, the best of 2012.
Alcaraz, champion in a spectacular way, how brilliant his tennis was to stop another young man from taking weapons. The tennis player from El Palmar, 23 years old and world No. 3, took revenge for the defeat of the last US Open with the next pupil of Juan Carlos FerreroAmerican left-hander Ben Shelton, 24 years old and No. 4.
The wrist injury was torture for almost five months, but paradoxically it has helped Carlos Alcaraz have his best closing season. He beat Shelton 7-6 (5) and 7-5, in 1h.57′. With his mind and legs fresh as ever, with greater ambition and hunger, he is destroying the indoor and fast track barrier.
There are nine victories in a row in a field in which many rivals, such as Shelton or Taylor Fritz, who overcame two match points in the quarterfinals, are more dangerous. A combination of elements that Carlos Alcaraz is getting used to thanks to excellent quality.
After succeeding in Vienna ATP 500the hatching in the Paris Masters 1000 ATPhappening in the list of winners Jannik Sinner. His 29th title, 9th in the 1000 category, the fifth this year after the Australian Open, Doha, Tokyo and the aforementioned Vienna. Third after the break due to medical leave.
Exceptional. In the opening set he came back from six break points, 0-40 in the fourth game and 15-40 in the eighth. He then lost two in favor, but in the tiebreak he kept Shelton at bay in a match of both quality and explosiveness.
A tennis festival that awakened Alcaraz’s predatory instinct, his desire to have fun playing tennis. He got angry when two double faults led him to suffer the first break of the final, for 2-3. He lost 2-4 in blank.
They reacted like champions, with a 3-0 run to regain balance on the scoreboard. He broke Shelton’s serve again to ensure the conquest of the fanti treethe tree-shaped trophy to which they will add a branch with their name. The Fanti is a tribute to the creator of the design, the surname of the Italian sculptor who was inspired by a tennis painting seen horizontally. Alcaraz also pocketed 974,370 euros.
Carlos Alcaraz, at his maximum splendor, and what remains is very promising. Vienna and Paris were not on his record, as is currently the case with the ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup Final 8. Two great challenges within your reach, from November 15 to 22 first and then from November 24 to 30 in Bologna.
“It’s very special, here I had suffered some of the most painful defeats of my career. With my team we have managed to find a way to play well indoors and on fast courts against players like these,” he said after having left behind ‘gunners’ like Taylor Fritz and Ben Sheltondeterminants in this type of conditions. “It is one of the biggest challenges there is, beating Ben like this,” said the Murcian.
