Of dozens of errors not forced to a growing streak: this was the demanding return of Alcaraz in Cincinnati

After almost a month of absence, Carlos Alcaraz (No. 2 of the ATP ranking) He returned to the competition in the masters 1000 of Cincinnati. Starting its adaptation to the surface, a High number of uninforced errors and break points But also giving rise to Brilliance moments that characterize him as one of the best players in the world.

The Spanish, number one in the world for 36 weeks and owner of 21 titles, landed on American soil ready to face one of the most important sections of the season: The American tour on hard courts with the US Open as the last destination.

Leaving behind that fall in Wimbledon’s definition against Jannik Sinner (1st), former world number 1 began its journey in Cincinnati facing Damir Dzumhur (56 °) in the second round.

There, although the meeting began impacting positively the Scorethe Non -forced errors They seized their strategy in 44 occasions, He delivered his service three times And he opened the door to his rival to get into the pulse as had happened in Roland Garros, where Sarajevo, 33 years and three times champion in the Tourhe surprised him snatching a manga in third round.

After 101 minutes on the central court, Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil used his category as one of the best tennis players and He managed to take the triumph 6-1, 2-6 and 6-3 to get into the third instance and Stretch your streak in Masters 1000 with 12 games won on threadbehind their conquests in Monte-Carlo and Rome.

Finalist in the 2023 edition and owner of 34 of his last 36 played games, Alcaraz will now seek to get into the round of 16 against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (32 °) or Serbian Hamad Medjedovic (72 °).

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