Despite that, Alcaraz did make the semifinals in Turin last year, and he beat a dialed-in and unusually composed Rublev on Tuesday. The back-and-forth second-set tiebreaker, which Alcaraz won 10-8, ...
The result came as a surprise since Ruud has been battling with poor form, failing to make it past the second round in any tournament after the USOpen. What did help the Norwegian was the fact ...