the spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz lost this Tuesday in his debut on the ATP circuit as number one in world tennisfalling in the first round at the Astana tournament against Belgian David Goffin 7-5 and 6-3in a match played on a clay floor.
In his first match on tour as world number one, following his consecration at last month’s US Open, Alcaraz, 19, fell without extenuating circumstances in what the Spanish newspaper Sports world described as “his worst defeat this year”.
The young tennis player born in Murcia, brand-new champion of the United States Open, who had already released his status as the first world racket but in the Davis Cup, fell on his return to the ATP 500 tournament that is played in Kazakhstan in a game where he made a lot of unforced errors.
For the first time so far in 2022, Alcaraz finished a match without having won a single set. Starting next week, the Spanish tennis player will play the Basel tournament.