Biggest danger for Carlito?

After three easy rounds, Alcaraz is facing the first opponent we can really consider dangerous for him!

And yes, because Paul has already caused big problems for Alcaraz in the past; when they play each other we almost always get tight matches. Paul has already won twice in 7 matches, which isn’t much you might say, but he takes sets and really gives Carlito a hard time even when he loses. The only time Alcaraz really rolled over him was at Roland-Garros last year, and in that case Alcaraz just dominated the end of the tournament. The Spaniard is gaining in experience and maturity too, I think he has gone up a level in how he manages his tournaments and that he’s even harder to beat than before. With three wins without dropping a set at the start of this tournament, he’s conserved energy and we know how good he is at raising his level as a tournament goes on, all lights are green for him, so can Paul really bother him?

The American is also perfect in this start of the tournament, which is unusual for him, especially since he’s still basically in a comeback phase! He says he’s close to being at 100%! Sure, he benefited from Foki’s retirement to get the win without tiring himself out, but I’m convinced that without the Spaniard’s injury, pretty much the same outcome was waiting for him given how good Paul’s start to the match was. He was unstoppable, just too strong and too quick in terms of intensity even for Foki, it was unplayable. So he too is coming in with all lights green, I still have big doubts about his ability to maintain that intensity in a best-of-5 match for example, but he has enough in the tank to put up a great fight before fading, normally. The betting choice is going to be based on that, you have to be precise and not get it wrong.