One of many frontrunners in males’s singles to win the 2024 U.S. Open has been knocked out within the second spherical.
Spanish phenom Carlos Alcaraz, winner of the French Open and Wimbledon earlier this yr, was shockingly upset within the second spherical by the Netherlands’ Botic Van De Zandschulp in straight units.
Van De Zandschulp, the 28-year-old from Wageningen, Netherlands, was solely 87-83 in his profession and 10-18 this yr when he entered his match towards Alcaraz after defeating Denis Shapovalov within the first spherical.
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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain hits to Botic van De Zandschulp of the Netherlands on day 4 of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis match at USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Nevertheless it was clear from the beginning of the match that Van De Zandschulp was under no circumstances nervous to be dealing with Alcaraz, the 21-year-old, four-time Grand Slam champion.
Van De Zandschulp received the primary set convincingly, 6-1, the place Alcaraz airmailed a serve return over the baseline on triple set level.
From there, the Spaniard kicked it up a notch, however Van De Zandschulp was nonetheless capable of win the set by way of tiebreak, 7-5, to place himself within the driver’s seat to drag off the foremost upset.
We’ve seen what Alcaraz can do together with his again towards the wall prior to now, however Van De Zandschulp outlasted him but once more within the third set, ending him off, 6-4, in entrance of a surprised New York Metropolis crowd.
Botic van De Zandschulp of the Netherlands after beating Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on day 4 of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis match at USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Identical to that, the No. 3-ranked males’s singles participant within the match, and a big fan favourite, is out on the last Grand Slam of the yr. Alcaraz had not misplaced on the U.S. Open earlier than the quarterfinals in three earlier appearances.
Alcaraz entered Thursday with out dropping in a Grand Slam in 15 matches. However, whereas Van De Zandschulp was distinctive, particularly when the ball was on his forehand, it was a sloppy all-around efficiency by Alcaraz, who harm himself too many occasions.
Van De Zandschulp has confronted Alcaraz two earlier occasions, each of which had been received by the Spaniard. Nevertheless, serves from the lanky Dutchman had been overpowering Alcaraz as they reached 132 mph on the radar.
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz reacts throughout his males’s singles first spherical match towards Australia’s Li Tu on day two of the US Open tennis match on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart in New York Metropolis, on August 27, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
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As Alcaraz seems again on the tape to determine what went mistaken, Van De Zandschulp will transfer on to the third spherical, the place he’ll face one other ranked opponent – No. 25 Jack Draper from Nice Britain.
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