Alcaraz responds in his debut, defeating Copil and placing Spain one point away from victory against Romania

"Please!"

criticized himself after missing a return, with three games equal in the first set.

The Davis Cup imposes.

Sometimes, it doesn't matter that you come like a cyclone, just entered the

, winner in Rio de Janeiro of the first ATP 500, with a veteran opponent, who apparently already said the most important thing he had to say in tennis.

It was difficult for the young Spanish player to get rid of the responsibility of his debut in this competition, he played a bit rushed at the beginning, with errors due to problems adapting to the clay.

But without making the best of his games, he was enough to win 6-4 and 6-3 over

, in one hour and 32 minutes, and place Spain with two wins to nil against Romania.

and

can define the match in the doubles match this Saturday.

Copil, with two ATP finals in his career, the most recent against

in Basel, in 2018, is today 260th in the ranking, but at 31 years old he still has arguments that can make him a dangerous opponent.

Knowing that he would not resist from the bottom of the court, he tried to give his rival little rhythm, going to the net with enough success in the initial sets.

He held on until the tenth game, when an error and a ball by Alcaraz called good that seemed to have gone out of his control led him to give up the first quarter with a double fault.

star character

The biggest attraction of this tie was the debut of who is by right one of the tennis players with the greatest projection, also called to be a sure value in the Davis Cup.

's comfortable victory

in the first match placed Alcaraz in the best possible scenario, although he has already shown that he knows how to deal with extremely demanding situations, with victories like the one he achieved against

in the third round of the US Open, as well as of the three titles it has.

With less joy than usual, something logical given the situation, he climbed a new step in his career.

The second set was already easier for him.

She took advantage in the fourth game and began to loosen up, to the delight of a crowd as boisterous as she is used to in commitments of these characteristics.

Three months after being left out of the team due to Covid, when everything was ready for his debut, Alcaraz put on

for the first time and began a new chapter in his still short but brilliant biography.

After solving two break balls in the last game, he took advantage of the first match point, he hugged

and one by one he shook the hands of all the members of the team, before returning to the center of the field and returning to the public the affection that he gave him throughout the match.

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