Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz shrugged off sickness to energy previous Russia’s Andrey Rublev on Wednesday, preserving his ATP Finals hopes alive with a dominant efficiency.
Despite battling respiratory points in Turin and sporting pink nasal tape, the four-time Grand Slam champion cruised to a 6-3, 7-6 (8) win.
The third seed, decided to assert his first ATP Finals title, appeared far sharper than in his opening loss to Norway’s Casper Ruud.
After the primary six video games had been break up, Alcaraz broke Rublev’s serve with a scorching forehand winner and reeled off 5 successive video games to take management of the match.
World No. 8 Rublev, who additionally misplaced his opening match to Alexander Zverev, stayed with Alcaraz within the second set and practically earned two break factors at 2-2 however missed a routine shot after chasing a drop shot.
In a high-energy conclusion to the match, Alcaraz fended off two set factors within the tiebreaker earlier than sealing victory.
Rublev has now misplaced six straight matches on the ATP Finals in straight units since reaching the semifinals in 2022.
Ruud will face world No. 2 Zverev later Wednesday, with each gamers looking for their second win.
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