Tennis: Former champion Daniil Medvedev brushed aside ATP Finals debutant Alex de Minaur to bounce back from an opening defeat.
Demon outgunned by Daniil Medvedev | 01:35 Carlos Alcaraz opened his account at the ATP Finals on Wednesday with an entertaining 6-3, 7-6 win over Andrey Rublev which boosted his hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
There had been some doubt as to whether Alcaraz, who lost his opening match in straight sets to Casper Ruud, would continue in Turin after quickly ending his training session on Tuesday, with his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero saying that he had trouble breathing.“I’ve been struggling with my health the last week and today I thought I was going to feel better. I was OK to play, but thinking about the first match I was thinking a lot about that I was sick, that I couldn’t play.
Alcaraz, who has won the Wimbledon and French Open titles this season, cruised to the first set in 38 minutes, breaking Rublev in game seven and quickly winning the next two to go one set ahead. Alcaraz winning in straight sets means that Ruud will reach the semi-finals if he beats two-time Finals champion Alexander Zverev in the day’s late match.
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