Early farewell to Carlos Alcaraz
The Rome Open Tennis Tournament, which was held for the 80th time this year on clay courts at the Foro Italico Complex in the capital city of Rome, continued with third round competitions in the men’s singles category.
The surprise of the day in the tournament was the elimination of the Spanish racket Carlos Alcaraz, who arrived in Rome winning the Barcelona and Madrid Open this year. Against the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, number 135 in the world ranking, coming from the qualifiers on Center Court, Alcaraz lost the first set of the 1 hour 40 minute fight 6-3. As the second set, which was played, lasted 6-6 until the tie-break, Marozsan dominated Alcaraz with a score of 7-4 in the tie-break, thus winning the set 7-6(4) and match 2. -0. earning his name in the last 16. he got her between the rackets.
The 20-year-old Alcaraz’s early send-off from Roma, one of the last major trials before the French Open, on the clay court season, after his success in Barcelona and Madrid, made quite an impact. (AA)