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Alcaraz reached the last 16 when his third-round opponent, Juncheng Shang, retired due to injury
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Alcaraz reached the last 16 when his third-round opponent, Juncheng Shang, retired due to injury
Carlos Alcaraz reached the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time after opponent Shang Juncheng retired with injury in the third set. Remarkably, this was 20-year-old Alcaraz’s first experience of playing a younger player in his 201st tour level match, but it was barely a contest, the second seed dropping just two games before Shang called it a day trailing 6-1, 6-1, 1-0. The 18-year-old Chinese wild card began the match with heavy strapping on his right thigh and took a medical
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World No. 137 Nagal, who stunned Kazakhstan’s world No. 27 Alexander Bublik in the opening round on Tuesday, took the first set against Shang, but went down by a 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 4-6 in two hours and 50 minutes.
World no 2 Carlos Alcaraz powered his way into the third round of Australian Open 2024 with a gruelling 6-4, 6-7(3-7), 6-3, 7-6(7-3) victory over Lorenzo Sonego on Thursday.The Spaniard took three hours and 25 minutes to earn the win at Rod ...