Carlos Alcaraz US Open 2024: Another big upset has been seen in the US Open 2024. Spain’s strong player Carlos Alcaraz has been eliminated from the US Open 2024. Earlier, Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova was eliminated in the second round of the US Open after losing to Elina-Gabriela Ruje 6-4, 7-5.
The special thing was that the world’s 74th ranked (ATP ranking) Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp defeated him 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 after a marathon match that lasted two hours and 19 minutes.
History made for 🇳🇱 at the US Open pic.twitter.com/pSjrlbcR6k
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2024
The special thing is that both these players had clashed twice before. Where Alcaraz won both the times. But here Alcaraz got cheated and he lost. Earlier, both the players clashed in Swiss Indoors Basel in 2022 and Australian Open in 2021. Alcaroz won on both these occasions.
This big history was made, this happened after 33 years
Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp also created a big history with this victory, becoming the first Dutch player since 1991 to defeat the top 3 players in the US Open.
Botic van de Zandschulp just knocked Carlos Alcaraz out of the US Open! pic.twitter.com/QK3ZrkoPgx
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2024
Alcaraz became the US Open champion in 2022…
Carlos Alcaraz has won the US Open title in 2022. On Thursday, he was defeated by unseeded Botic van de Zandschulp 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 at the US Open. With this defeat, Alcaroz, who won the title at the French Open and Wimbledon, had his 15-match winning streak stopped by Botic van de Zandschulp.
Botic believed from the beginning 😤 pic.twitter.com/iDTdyXgL8k
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2024
This is how Alcaraz was defeated
The Dutch player won the first three games and broke Alcaraz’s serve in the sixth game to win the first set. After this, Alcaraz tried to make a comeback in the second set, but Botic van de Zandschulp won this set as well. Botic van de Zandschulp won the third and decisive set 6-4 to win the match.