Carlos Alcaraz reached the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Madrid with flying colors at the expense of the Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (ATP 63), beaten 6-3 6-3 in 75′ on Sunday.
The world No. 3 is making his return from injury in a tournament in which he is the double title holder.
Alcaraz, whose participation was still uncertain at the start of the week one month before Roland-Garros, had reassured two days earlier by quickly completing his return match against Alexander Shevchenko (6-2 6-1 in 68). ‘). Without feeling any pain in his right arm, he was delighted.
Sunday, right arm still protected by a sleeve, his boost put at 3-3 allowed him to make the difference in the first set. He then escaped quickly 5-0 in the second set. The only turbulence was when a series of approximations cost him a break while he was serving to win the game, at 5-1.
For a place in the quarter-finals, the young Spaniard (20 years old) will face Jan-Lennard Struff (ATP 24), freshly titled in Munich, in a re-edition of the 2023 final. If he were to triumph on the clay court of Madrid on May 5, he would become the first to win the Masters 1000 in Madrid three times in a row.
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