{"id":79802,"date":"2025-11-16T05:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/alcaraz-one-step-away-from-1-key-victory-against-fritz-at-atp-finals\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T05:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T09:23:57","slug":"alcaraz-one-step-away-from-1-key-victory-against-fritz-at-atp-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/tennis\/alcaraz-one-step-away-from-1-key-victory-against-fritz-at-atp-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz one step away from #1: Key victory against Fritz at ATP Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alcaraz one step away from number 1 in the world ranking<\/h2>\n\nThe Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz is one victory away from securing the number 1 spot in the world ranking at the end of the year. The young prodigy achieved an epic comeback against Taylor Fritz in the ATP Finals.\n\nAlcaraz defeated Fritz with partials of 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-3 this Tuesday. Now, to secure number 1 for the second time in his career, he needs to win his next group match against Lorenzo Musetti or his semi-final match.\n\n\n

I’m trying not to think about it, to be honest. But it’s really difficult not to think about the number 1 spot.<\/p>Carlos Alcaraz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAlcaraz, who improved his record to 2-0 in the season-ending event, sealed his place in the semifinals when Musetti defeated Alex de Mi\u00f1aur 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.\n\nIn the event that Alcaraz doesn’t win another match and Jannik Sinner manages to defend his title without losing, Sinner will finish as number 1.\n\nSpanish demonstrated its power with 47 winning shots, surpassing Fritz’s 38, and managed to recover from a set down despite his American opponent’s 14 aces.\n\n\n

It was a very, very difficult match. Really demanding physically. It was very tight. I saved really difficult and important moments during the match, which I am very proud of and very happy to show really good tennis when it matters.<\/p>Carlos Alcaraz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nFritz had opportunities to break Alcaraz’s serve at the beginning of the second set.\n\n\n

I just wasn’t clinical enough to finish some points at some really important points.<\/p>Taylor Fritz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nAlcaraz leads the Jimmy Connors group ahead of Fritz and Musetti, both with 1-1, while De Mi\u00f1aur is at 0-2.\n\nMusetti entered as a replacement for Novak Djokovic, who withdrew due to a shoulder injury.\n\nThe top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals.\n\nSinner leads his group after defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime in his first match on Monday.\n\nFritz was affected by tendinitis in his knee in the third set.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alcaraz one step away from number 1 in the world ranking The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz is one victory away from securing the number 1 spot in the world ranking at the end of the year. The young prodigy achieved an epic comeback against Taylor Fritz in the ATP Finals. Alcaraz defeated Fritz with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[5918,172,10161,167],"class_list":{"0":"post-79802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp-finals","9":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","10":"tag-no-1","11":"tag-tennis"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}