The favorite to win on clay at the Foro Italico surprisingly loses against the world number 135 Fabian Marozsanwhich triumphs over Central by Roma two sets to zero, with the score 6-3, 7-6. Against all odds, the Italian adventure of Carlos Alcaraz he stops only in the third round, after the victory over Ramos-Vinolas. The Spaniard, currently number 2 in the world but already certain to become number 1 at the end of the Tennis Internationalsincredibly suffers the spectacular game of Marozsan.
The Hungarian expresses his fearless tennis and puts alcaraz constantly struggling with his own short balls: Marozsan, until now practically unknown in the tournaments that count, goes ahead by two breaks in the first set and closes 6-3 between toned down, volleys, lobs and many winners with the forehand. In the second set the sample expression of Madrid 2023 says it all: up 3-2, his gaze towards the crowd, probably towards his corner, seems to denote an impotence for his part, after yet another wonderful drop by Marozsan. The counter-break at 4-4 gives the Spaniard a slight hope of getting the match back on its feet, but the Hungarian is still in the day and there’s nothing to be done for Alcaraz. Capitulate at the tie break.
Before this match, most likely no one knew who he was Fabian Marozsan. The 23-year-old has shown that he has powerful groundstrokes, great net play and phenomenal timing in deciding when to break the pace with his drop shots. In season the Hungarian participated in the Challenger Italians from Cagliari and Rome, but without going beyond the round of 16: first, a final against Fucsovics at the Bratislava Open and winning the Challenger of Antalya. Marozsan becomes the third player in the world after Jannik Sinner e Daniil Medvedevto beat Carlos Alcaraz in 2023. The class of ’99 reaches the round of 16, where he will meet Borna Coric.
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