NEW YORK.- In his private career with Jannik Sinnner For the world number one, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz It will be measured this Friday with another Italian, Luciano Darderi, for the ticket to the round of 16 United States Open.
At night it will be Novak Djokovic Who, at 38, will try to be the most veteran tennis player to reach that instance in more than three decades.
The third round of the Grand Slam of New York was inaugurated by Alcaraz in front of Luciano Darderi, in his first crossing as professionals.
Good friends outside the track, both were rivals in their stage as Juniors before Alcaraz broke up vertiginously into the professional circuit until the ATP leadership at 1922 at 1922 at 19 years, after a victory precisely in New York.
This Friday, with 22 years and three months, the Spanish can be the youngest fourth tennis player in adding 80 games won in Grand Slam tournaments, only surpassed by the German Boris Becker, the Swedish Bjorn Borg and his compatriot Rafael Nadal.
Darderi, 23 years old and number 34 of the ATP, will meet one of the best versions of his friend, relentless on Wednesday against another Italian, Mattia Bellucci.
The Murcian reached the final in his last seven tournaments, of which he won five, and has at his hand to recover the leadership of the ATP, for which he needs to match at least the result of the also Sinner transalpine.
Alcaraz and Darderi jumped to the Arthur Ashe track just a few hours after Thursday’s last game, which lasted for four hours and 25 minutes.
The American Tommy Paul sang Victoria against Portuguese Nuno Borges at 01h46 premises in the morning, two hours after he let his first two game balls escape.
The unknown Djokovic
The night function of Friday will open it Novak Djokovic, who has many shadows to clear after his two worrying first games.
The Serbian, frustrated with his tennis, also looked physically exhausted during his crosses against Learner Tien and Zachary Svajda, of which he left airy when benefiting from the lack of fang of those two US promises.
On Friday the British Cameron Norrie, an experienced opponent, who has defeated in his previous six duels awaits.
The last one occurred in early June in the eighths of Roland Garros.
In case of winning, Djokovic will be the most veteran tennis player in the eighths of the US Open From the American Jimmy Connors in 1991.
The two greatest hopes of the local tennis of today, Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz, will also seek the pass in front of the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino and the Swiss Jerome Kym.
