Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz takes on Jan-Lennard Struff within the males’s singles ultimate of the Madrid Open on Sunday.
World No.2 Alcaraz beat Croatia’s Borna Coric 6-4, 6-3 within the semifinal on his twentieth birthday on Friday. The Spaniard is seeking to be part of compatriot and 22-time Major winner Rafael Nadal as the one back-to-back winners within the historical past of the ATP 1000 occasion. Nadal, who’s a five-time Madrid Open champion, received consecutive titles in 2013-14.
When to observe Alcaraz vs Struff Madrid Open ultimate?
The males’s singles ultimate of the 2023 Madrid Open between Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff will start at 10PM IST.
Where to observe Alcaraz vs Struff Madrid Open ultimate in India?
The males’s singles ultimate of the 2023 Madrid Open between Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff shall be reside streamed on SonyLiv app/web site in India.
Struff had misplaced to Russia’s Aslan Karatsev within the ultimate spherical of qualifying however received into the primary draw as a fortunate loser. The 33-year-old German beat American Ben Shelton, Dusan Lajovic, Pedro Cachin and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas earlier than defeating Karatsev within the semifinals. He is the first-ever fortunate loser to achieve the ultimate of an ATP Masters 1000 occasion because the sequence started in 1990.
Alcaraz and Struff have confronted one another twice – each instances in Grand Slams. While Struff received the 2021 French Open third-round assembly 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-3, the Spaniard triumphed 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in first-round of final 12 months’s Wimbledon.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com