With the halo of the best in the world and the victory at the US Open, Carlos Alkaras, was warmly welcomed on his court in the first match as tennis number one, but...
The young 19-year-old Spaniard already felt at the start how much everyone wanted the "scalp" of the best, and it was taken from him in Valencia by the 13th player in the world, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliasim, and that after almost three hours of a great fight (6:7, 6:4, 6:2).
For the Canadian, it is the first victory in his career against the world number one, and out of 37 matches against tennis players from the top 10, Alijasim won his tenth duel today.
In Valencia, Alkaras and Alijasim played in the Davis Cup and currently in the duel Spain - Canada is 1:1, as Roberto Bautista - Agut previously won Vasek Pospišil (3:6, 6:3, 6:3) with a reversal.
Bonus video:
