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Carlos Alcaraz does not take his foot off the accelerator and continues to perform at a very high level on this Asian tour. Today, he had to rely on his best repertoire of shots to overcome a Yibing Wu who played an outstanding match. He made things tremendously difficult for Alcaraz, to the point that he was very close to taking the first set. The outcome would have been different if the Chinese had started off strong in the 2024 ATP Shanghai.

Carlos stepped onto the court today looking freshly shaved. He trimmed his beard, but we still saw the same Alcaraz that we have been witnessing throughout the Asian tour. A very focused Carlos, patient, skillfully constructing points, and not losing his composure against an opponent who constantly tried to seize the initiative and apply pressure from the first shot onwards. 

Wu, well advised by Baghdatis, his coach, knew that was the only way to win against Alcaraz today, and he executed it perfectly throughout the match. His only issue was whether he could maintain that level of risk for two hours. Judging by the final score, he could not have been more precise, as he barely made any excessive errors. 

Carlos was taken aback by the aggressiveness of his opponent, both on serve and in returns, and he had to be patient to figure out when and how to attack to slow down the pace of the Chinese's shots. The competition was fierce, as seen in the tiebreak of the first set. Wu even had minibreaks in his favor on two occasions and was just two points away from taking the first set. Alcaraz needed his best tennis arsenal to surpass his opponent and strike first in a first set decided by small details.

Second set of a champion

Taking the lead in the score calmed Carlos down a bit, knowing he had a cushion against Wu's advances. Wu did not stray from his game plan even a bit and kept challenging Carlos throughout. As mentioned earlier, his main concern was not to make too many mistakes, but when you take such risks, what happened in the middle of this second set is normal. Alcaraz broke Wu's serve in a champion's game, choosing his shots wisely, displaying a level of game reading more typical of a much more experienced player.

With a break in his favor, Alcaraz did not hesitate to maintain his lead until the end of the match and secure another victory on this tour. So far, the player from Murcia remains undefeated in Asia and now awaits the winner between Humbert and Monfils in the round of sixteen, which will be played this Monday due to rain. Alcaraz continued to demonstrate that he maintains a high level of performance on this tour, while Wu could see that, if injuries allow, he has the potential to return to the Top 100 and become a regular in major tournaments. Undoubtedly, if Carlos hadn't been close to outstanding today, the scare would have been much bigger for the Spaniard.
 

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