Defending champion and prime seed Carlos Alcaraz faces Lloyd Harris within the second spherical of the US Open in New York on Thursday.
The match is scheduled to be third of the 4 fixtures on day 4 in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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The US Open second-round match between Carlos Alcaraz and Lloyd Harris begins from 4:30 AM IST on Thursday and shall be telecast stay on Sony Sports community whereas the stay streaming shall be out there on Sony Liv.
World No. 1 Alcaraz comes into the second-round conflict after spending barely an hour on court docket in his match opener as his opponent – Dominik Koepfer of Germany – was pressured to retire whereas trailing 2-6, 2-3 attributable to an ankle harm.
In the build-up to the US Open, the 20-year-old Spaniard performed two occasions – Canadian Open (misplaced to Tommy Paul within the quarterfinals) and Cincinnati Open (misplaced to Novak Djokovic within the remaining).
Harris, the 26-year-old from South Africa, had his finest consequence at a Slam in 2021 when he reached the US Open quarterfinals. Last season, he needed to endure surgical procedure for his proper wrist and missed the tournaments after French Open. This yr, he has not reached the third spherical of any Major.
He comes into the conflict in opposition to Alcaraz after a 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4 win over Guido Pella of Argentina.
HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD
Alcaraz and Harris have by no means confronted one another.
However, as per atptour.com, Harris used to coach with a 15-year-old Alcaraz at Juan Carlos Ferrero’s Academy in Spain as his preparation for the clay court docket season.
“I was practising every day with Carlos. He was already hitting the forehand way bigger than me and I was like, ‘This is problematic. He’s 15,’” Harris informed the web site.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com