19-year-old Alcaraz was the youngest player to become world number one by winning the US Open, and since then he has played only twice in the Davis Cup. There he defeated Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo and lost to Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
On the other hand, Goffin, who competed for the title of “lucky loser” after the cancellation of the young Danish star Holger Ron, was able to celebrate his third victory over the current number one, twice he did so against Rafael Nadal (Masters 2017 and ATP Cup 2020). ). In November 2017, Goffin ranked 7th in the world and is currently ranked 66th.
Rod must bow to Munnar
Rudd, the final opponent of Alcaraz in New York, is also no longer in the ATP 500 tournament in Tokyo. The number three in the world lost to Spain’s Jaume Munnar (ATP No. 58) 3: 6 3: 6.
The Norwegian top seed lost to Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in the quarter-finals in Seoul last week and then had to relinquish his second place in the world rankings to Nadal.
ATP 500 Championship in Astana
(Kazakhstan, $2,054,825, hardcourt/inner court)
| First round board: |
| David Goffin (Belgium) |
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/1) |
7:5 6:3 |
| Adrien Mannarino (France) |
Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) |
1:6 6:2 6:3 |
| Zhang Zhizhen (China) |
Aslan Karatsev (Russia) |
4:6 6:4 6:1 |
| Andrei Rublev (RUS/5) |
Laszlo Djere (SRB) |
6: 4 6: 3 |
| Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/3) |
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) |
6: 3 6: 4 |
| Luca Nardi (ITA) |
Alexander Shevchenko (Russia) |
7:6 (7/4) 6:2 |
| Talon Grixborough (NED) |
Alexander Bublik (KAZ) |
-: – -: – |
| Hubert Hurkacz (Poland / 7) |
Francisco Cerondolo (Argentina) |
6:2 7:6 (7/2) |
| Marin Cilic (CRO/9) * |
Oscar Otti (Germany) |
-: – -: – |
| Karen Khachanov (Russia) |
Maxime Crissy (USA) |
6:4 7:6 (7/3) |
| Van de Zandschulp Boutique (NED) |
Petit Shukayev (Kazakhstan) |
6:1 6:1 |
| Novak Djokovic (SRB/4) |
Christian Garin (Che) |
-: – -: – |
| Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) |
Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN/8) |
6:4 7:6 (8/6) |
| Pavel Kotov (Russia) |
Alejandro Davidovich Fochina (Spain) |
6: 4 6: 4 |
| Mark Andrea Hessler (Switzerland) |
Emil Rossovoori (Finland) |
-: – -: – |
| Daniil Medvedev (RUS/2) |
Albert Ramos Vinolas (Spain) |
-: – -: – |
* Jannik Sinner (ITA/6) has been cancelled.
ATP 500 Championship in Tokyo
(Japan, $2,108,110, hard court)
| First round board: |
| Jaume Munnar (Spain) |
Casper Rod (NOR/1) |
6:3 6:3 |
| Pedro Martinez (Spain) |
Alexey Poprin (Australia) |
7:5 6:4 |
| Mackenzie MacDonald (USA) |
Keichi Uchida (Japan) |
7:6 (7/4) 6:7 (2/7) 6:3 |
| Kwon Soon Woo (KOR) |
Alex de Minaur (AUS/6) |
6: 3 6: 2 |
| Francis Tiafoe (USA/4) |
Yasutaka Uchiyama (Japan) |
6: 3 6: 4 |
| Bernabé Zapata Mirales (Spain) |
Taro Daniel (Japan) |
7:5 7:5 |
| Miomir Kekmanovich (SRB) |
Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) |
-: – -: – |
| Daniel Evans (GBR/8) |
Radu Albot (MDA) |
6:7 (3/7) 6:1 6:4 |
| Nick Kyrgios (AUS/5) |
Tsing Chun Hsin (TPE) |
6:3 6:1 |
| Kamel Macharzuk (Poland) |
Shu Shimabukuro (Japan) |
7:6 (7/2) 6:2 |
| Hiroki Moriya (Japan) |
Yuta Shimizu (Japan) |
-: – -: – |
| Taylor Fritz (USA/3) |
James Duckworth (Australia) |
-: – -: – |
| Denis Shapovalov (CAN / 7) |
Steve Johnson (USA) |
-: – -: – |
| Ryo Noguchi (Japan) |
Ramkumar Ramanthan (India) |
6:4 3:6 7:6 (7/1) |
| Brandon Nakashima (USA) |
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japan) |
6: 3 6: 2 |
| Borna Couric (CRO/9) * |
Thansi Kokinakis (Australia) |
6:4 7:6 (7/4) |
* Cameron Norrie (GBR/2) has coronavirus
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