Stefanos Tsitsipas (no 3) was eliminated in the 3rd round of the US Open against the great hope Carlos Alcaraz (ATP 55).
Keystone
Big sensation in the Arthur Ashe stadium, where Carlos Alcaraz (18) offered himself the scalp of Stefanos Tsitsipas. “It’s an incredible feeling. This victory means a lot to me. It’s the best game of my career, ”reacted the Spaniard, winner 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7/2) 0-6 7-6 (7/5).
This fight of more than four hours, in a sometimes electric atmosphere, saw the emergence in mondovision of the one that many observers present as the future Nadal. Carlos Alcaraz, who collapsed with emotion on the court, was then congratulated by his Greek victim.
New locker room break
Stefanos Tsitsipas was rarely nervous on the court. He received two cautions, one for a time violation between two serves in the second set and another for receiving advice from his father coach. And he had a sometimes “borderline” behavior by belching “vamos” in… Spanish then.
The unfortunate Roland-Garros finalist also, for the third time in three matches, used his right to take a locker room break to change. It took him just over five minutes this time to come back, winning the fourth set in stride. But then he again came across a Carlos Alcaraz in rock mode.
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