MEN’S TENNIS WORLD NUMBER ONE ALCAZAR CRASHES OUT OF NATIONAL BANK OPEN QUARTER-FINALS

Men’s professional tennis (ATP) singles world number one Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) has seen his 14-match winning streak come to an end. Alcaraz lost 1-2 (3-6 6-4 3-6) to Tommy Paul (14th-ranked USA) in the singles quarter-finals on day five of the ATP Tour’s National Bank Open ($6.6 million) in Toronto, Canada, on 12 December .It was the first defeat in almost two months for Alcaraz, who had won 14 straight matches since losing 1-3 (3-6 7-5 1-6 1-6) to Novak Djokovic 카지노사이트 (No. 2-Serbia) in the quarter-finals of the French Open in June. Alcaraz, who had come from behind to win 2-1 (3-6 7-6<7-2> 7-6<7-3>) the previous day against Hubert Hurkaczyk (No. 17-Poland) in the round of 16 after a two-hour, 38-minute battle, went to his knees after fighting for two hours and 21 minutes against the Pole .Alcaraz is now 1-2 against Paul, having also lost 1-2 (7-6<7-4> 6-7<7-9> 3-6) to her in the round of 32 at this event last year. Paul will play the winner of the upcoming Yannick Cinnere (No. 8-Italy)-Gael Montpellier (No. 276-France) match in the fourth round.

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