ROME — Carlo Alcaraz’s 12-match successful streak got here to an sudden finish when he was crushed by One hundred and thirty fifth-ranked Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-6 (4) Monday within the third spherical of the Italian Open.
Alcaraz had gained consecutive clay-court titles in Barcelona and Madrid and secured a return to the No. 1 rating by successful the opening match of his Rome debut. But the 20-year-old Spaniard appeared stunned by how Marozsan dictated with spectacular play all around the courtroom, together with a sequence of drop photographs that Alcaraz had no reply for.
The outcome implies that Alcaraz will go into the French Open – which begins in much less two weeks and the place he would be the prime seed – coming off a dispiriting defeat.
It was solely the second loss on clay for Alcaraz this yr after getting crushed by Cameron Norrie within the Rio de Janeiro ultimate in February.
Making issues much more shocking was that that is the primary time Marozsan is taking part in in the primary draw of an ATP event.
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