Wimbledon 2023: Carlos Alcaraz toughs it out to reach last 16; Aryna Sabalenka into fourth round
Wimbledon 2023: Carlos Alcaraz toughs it out to reach last 16; Aryna Sabalenka into fourth round
Carlos Alcaraz was forced to dig deep on Saturday to see off the challenge of Nicolas Jarry and reach the last 16 at Wimbledon.
The Spanish top seed, seen as the man most likely to end Novak Djokovic's long reign at the All England Club, was off-colour but still won 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 7-5.
A single break in the first set was enough for Alcaraz to edge ahead but he faltered in the second, slipping 4-1 behind.
The US Open champion clawed his way back, forcing a tie-break, but that went the way of his Chilean opponent, seeded 25th.
Alcaraz regrouped and took the third set 6-3 but the errors crept in again and he found himself in trouble at 3-0 down in the fourth.
The 20-year-old survived two break points in the following game and broke back when Jarry went long with a forehand.
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He conjured a searing backhand return to break again in the 11th game and served out for the win.
"I'm really happy with the level that I played to get through this really tough match," said Alcaraz.
He added: "It was really, really close. He has great shots... I would say the key is to believe all the time and stay focused."
Alcaraz was playing his second match in two days after heavy rain earlier in the week caused a scheduling headache for tournament chiefs.
He is attempting to become the third-youngest player in the Open Era to win the Wimbledon title after Boris Becker and Bjorn Borg.
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Aryna Sabalenka in next round
World number two Aryna Sabalenka reached the Wimbledon fourth round for the second time on Saturday with a straight-sets win over Russia's Anna Blinkova.
Australian Open champion Sabalenka, who has a chance of taking Iga Swiatek's world number-one ranking at the tournament, won 6-2, 6-3 on the back of 30 winners, including nine aces under the Court One roof.
The Belarusian will take on another Russian, 21st-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova, for a place in the quarter-finals.
Sabalenka reached the semi-finals on her last appearance at Wimbledon in 2021 but was banned last year due to Belarus's support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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