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Carlos Alcaraz has managed to reach the third match of the group stage alive, his defeat in the first match against Casper Ruud has resulted in the Murcian now being in third position in the group and will depend on winning by six or more games than his rival, in case of only winning this match against Alexander Zverev You will have to wait for the solution of Ruud vs Rublev to find out if you can advance to the semifinals. If Zverev manages to beat Alcaraz by 2 sets to 0, he will automatically be out.
Alcaraz started the Nitto ATP Finals with the defeat against Casper Ruudthe Norwegian seemed with much greater energy and took advantage of his repertoire of serves to gain the advantage early, Alcaraz was unable to pick up the pace, although for moments it seemed that he would get into the match, there were several errors from the Murcian and an erratic forehand, which denied him taking the second set that at one point he had a 5-2 lead and ended 7-5 in favor of Ruud.
Subsequently, despite not being able to complete one of the training sessions due to the cold he had had for days, Alcaraz beat Rublev 6-3 and 7-6 (10/8)with this he has reached his third match in Turin with options, against the second in the ATP ranking, Alexander Zverev.