The Sanremo player yields 6-3 6-3 6-4 and stops in the round of 16. From Monday’s best ranking, he will be number 47 while Carlos awaits the winner between Sinner and Zverev
Arnaldi, it’s time to come back. Too strong Carlos Alcaraz, two years younger and already defending champion of this US Open in which in one week he gave up only one set. The Sanremo player has to surrender to the overwhelming power of the Spaniard who respects the forecast and conquers the quarterfinals with a score of 6-3 6-3 6-4 Matteo returns home anyway with the best ranking of n.47 which opens the door to the Masters 1000 and with the awareness of deserving important stages by continuing to work, growing, and learning from the greats. Yesterday’s lesson against the best of the moment can only be useful for a player like him who loves to take notes and learn from every experience. This has been the success of the Sanremo player in recent months, growing steadily demonstrating an important personality. And he wasn’t obvious. The comparison with the phenomenon had been buzzing in his head ever since he saw the scoreboard, he confessed it after beating world number 16 Cameron Norrie 3-0, and he enjoyed the prize trying to compete until the end.
THE MATCH
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You play with the roof closed even though it doesn’t rain and the weather doesn’t predict rain, Alcaraz shows up with a bandage on his left thigh but it doesn’t seem to give him big problems. Arnaldi stays even until the 6th game then a winning reply from Alcaraz and an open field forehand error sends the Spaniard 0-30. Three break points arrive. The first Arnaldi clears it with an ace, then a winning service for 30-40. Finally the tape accommodates the ball on Alcaraz’s forehand which closes for the break: 4-2. From there, the champion from Murcia never gave up his lead, finishing 6-3. The Sanremo player returns to the field a little downcast and immediately suffers the break also in the second set then, in the eighth game, something moves: two errors and Arnaldi makes 15-30 on the Spanish serve. A greedy forehand brings the situation back to 30-30, another forehand error and Alcaraz has the ball to make it 5-3. This time it’s the Spaniard who makes a mistake to go ahead but the Italian can’t go any further: 5-3. In the ninth game, the blue cancels two set points but gives up again for the final 6-3. Third partial that starts at full speed with Arnaldi one break ahead but unable to keep the advantage until the end. More relaxed, Petrone’s pupil shows the best things but the other level up again and at 5-4, with the break, closes the transition to the quarterfinals.
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