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 12 months, 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 12 months when he entered his match in opposition to Alcaraz after defeating Denis Shapovalov within the first spherical.
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However 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 in a position to win the set through tiebreak, 7-5, to place himself within the driver’s seat to tug off the key upset.
We’ve seen what Alcaraz can do along with his again in opposition to the wall up to now, however Van De Zandschulp outlasted him but once more within the third set, ending him off, 6-4, in entrance of a shocked New York Metropolis crowd.
Identical to that, the No. 3-ranked males’s singles participant within the match, and a big fan favourite, is out on the ultimate Grand Slam of the 12 months. 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 damage himself too many occasions.
Van De Zandschulp has confronted Alcaraz two earlier occasions, each of which have been received by the Spaniard. Nonetheless, serves from the lanky Dutchman have been overpowering Alcaraz as they reached 132 mph on the radar.
As Alcaraz seems again on the tape to determine what went incorrect, 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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