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Spain’s Carlo Alcaraz Beats Croatia’s Marin Cilic to Progress to the Last 16 of the Qatar Open.
Top-Seeded Carlos Alcaraz has overcome Creatian Veteran Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4 to reach the round of 16 at the Qatar Open.
The 36-year-old cilic, the 2014 United States Open Champion who has fallen to number 192 in the rankings, was playing his first match of the season after recovering from a long-term knee injury.
The Croatian Led 4-3 and 0-40 on Alcaraz’s Serve in the second set on Friday, but the Spanish four-time major winner managed to recover and then broke in the next game.
“I am just really happy that I stayed calm at that moment – breathing, going through my routines, making good points,” Alcaraz said. “That’s why I was able to win in two sets.”
Alcaraz will play either China’s Zhang Zhizhen or Italy’s Luca nardi next.
Earlier, Seventh-Seeded Grigor Dimitrov Lost 6-4, 6-4 to Jiri Lehecka.
Also on Monday, Eighth-Seeded Briton Jack Draper Beat Australia’s Alexei Popyrin 6-2, 7-6 (4) to set up a meeting with another Australian, Christopher O’Connell.
Several other top players will play their first matches on tuesday.
Second-Seeded Alex de Minaur will face novel Safiullin. Novak Djokovic, who had to pull out of his Australian open semifinal with a hamstring injury, will take on Matteo Berrettini.
Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Stefano Tsitsipas will also play on tuesday.
