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Guillermo Coria

was called to be the great dominator of tennis on clay at the beginning of the millennium.

He combined the skills and character of the great specialists, with an obsessive point that did him little good.

The defeat in the 2004 Roland Garros final, after dominating by two sets to nil and having two match points against his compatriot

, cut his wings.

He had gotten up after the seven-month suspension for nandrolone use, three years earlier, but he came out very shaken from a genuinely Argentine psychodrama before Gaudio and ended up in tears at the press conference.

Nevertheless, it continued to stand up, but a little less than a year later it verified first-hand who was going to rule the earth for more than three decades.

beat him in an unforgettable final of the Rome Masters 1000 that went beyond five hours.

He rose to number three in the ranking, but retired in 2009, at just 27 years old, frustrated by the fading of all the expectations he had aroused.

Today he is the captain of the Davis Cup in Argentina.

At 30 years old, already with a long journey on the circuit, his brother

does not have any relevant results, if anything the final of the Bastad ATP 250 in 2021. He is the 78th in the world and the fifth player in his country.

If anyone admits analogies with Guillermo Coria, that is his rival this Thursday,

, whose flight is presumed to be much higher and more sustained.

After a tough first-round matchup against another Argentine, third-seeded Sebastian Baez, making his second consecutive appearance in the Arthur Ashe day session, had a much more comfortable afternoon.

He won 6-2, 6-1, 7-5, in two hours and 10 minutes.

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absolute domain

Submitted to his rhythm with the ball, the youngest of the Coria brothers was of little use trying to go head-on against a player who surpasses him in all circumstances of the game.

He had soon dropped the first set and was at a disadvantage in the second.

Alcaraz dominated him with his right hand and returned to the pleasure of regularly approaching the net.

Far above his opponent, who had defeated him in his only previous match, in his first professional tournament, Rio, in 2020, when he was 16 years old, he allowed himself to play with a certain sufficiency, trying everything and doing it correctly.

Rosario's was released after being 4-1 down in the third after committing a double fault and came to have five balls to be 5-4 and serve.

They were the most demanding times for Alcaraz, who avoided complications and ended with a formidable backhand down the line.

Alcaraz, who added 45 winners, achieved his 46th victory of the season, with which he surpasses

in first place this year , who had already been eliminated in the first round.

He is, along with Rafael Nadal, who could be measured in the semifinals, the player with the most titles this season, four.

Coria was little more than an anecdote in an itinerary where

appears , 43rd, as the next rival.

The American surprised

, a brilliant champion at the recent Cincinnati Masters 1000.

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