Carlos Alcaraz, “not being able to wait”, as he said through his social networks, will compete again in a few days at the ATP 500 in Basel (Switzerland), and he will do so three weeks after his last defeat but keeping the number 1 of the world tennis.
Alcaraz holds a mattress of points that, whatever you do in Swiss lands, will allow him to come out of there still on top given his 920 point lead over Rafa Nadalsecond on the list (6,730 against 5,810) and 1,130 over Norwegian Casper Ruud, third with 5,600 points.
The 19-year-old Spanish tennis player, who His most recent memory is the stumble on Tuesday, October 4, when he lost 5-7 and 3-6 against the Belgian David Goffin in the first round of the ATP 500 in Astana, in Kazakhstan, He has been preparing since then for his return to the slopes and has been eager to reappear.
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“Preparing for the last tournaments of the year, I can’t wait. Let’s go!”, He has published on Twitter and Facebook, accompanying the text with several photos exercising on the hard court, which is what will be found in Basel.
Preparing for the last tournaments of the year, can’t wait! ? Come on! ?? pic.twitter.com/bgwZtYhdm4
– Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) October 19, 2022
Alcaraz will face the final stretch of such a demanding season and in which he has exceeded expectations.
Not surprisingly, he was able to win 52 of the 63 matches he has played -only surpassed in that particular classification by the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has 53 wins but has also played nine more games than the Spanish.
Among his achievements, in addition to the US Open, which is the first Grand Slam he has won, Alcaraz adds in this 2022 the titles of the Masters 1,000 in Miami and Madrid and those of the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona.
After playing in Switzerland, Alcaraz will appear at the Masters 1,000 of Paris-Bercy, scheduled for the week of October 31 to November 6 in the capital of France; and in the Nitto ATP Finals, the Masters Cup to be held in the Italian city of Turin from November 13 to 20 and for which he has qualified since September 8.
