ATP Masters Paris-Bercy: Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime easily in the quarterfinals
Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime are already in the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy. Andrey Rublev , on the other hand, failed because of Holger Rune .
by Stefan Bergmann
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Nov 03, 2022, 05:02 pm
The number one in the world rankings and also in the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris Bercy is in the quarterfinals: Carlos Alcaraz defeated the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the round of 16 of the indoor hard court event in the French capital without any major problems after only 72 minutes with 6: 1 and 6:3. At no time in the game did the 31-year-old Southeast European have a recipe against the Spaniard's powerful baseline game. Alcaraz meets Holger Rune in tomorrow's quarter-finals. It will be the first duel between two teenagers at 1000 level since 2007 when Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray met in Maimi.
About half an hour later than Alcaraz, the Dane won his match on Court 1 in the Accor Arena against the Russian Andrey Rublev, who was rated more highly, 6: 4 and 7: 5. Rune made it to the final at the ATP World Tour 500 tournament in Basel last week, but had to admit defeat to Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, who was currently playing well.
FAA retires Simon
Auger-Aliassime ended Gilles Simon's career at Center Court. The Frenchman, who had bravely won against Andy Murray and the nine-ranked American Talyor Fritz, was lost against the North American and ultimately had to admit defeat 6-1, 6-3. The 37-year-old was sure to receive a standing ovation from the home crowd.
The 22-year-old protégé of Toni Nadal meets the American Frances Tiafoe in the round of eight, who in turn eliminated Medvedev conqueror Alex de Minaur 6: 3, 7: 6 (5). Also in the duel against the world number 21. if the FAA is the favourite, the young man from Montreal is 2-0 up in a direct comparison between the two.
Here the single tableau from Paris-Bercy.
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