A new face had his shining moment in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night, and it was one that came at Carlos Alcaraz’s expense.
Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands name is now stamped into history after defeating the world No. 3 player and favorite to win the U.S. Open inAlcaraz, 21, found himself off-balanced, collecting 27 unforced errors and only winning 40 percent of his break point opportunities, and looked defeated and frustrated when exiting the court he won the title on in 2022.Van de Zandschulp, 28, is ranked No. 78 in the world and previously reached as high as No.
Nevertheless, Alcaraz isn’t his first shocking upset, as he has previously taken down other fan favorites. He also beat world current No. 8 Casper Ruud of Norway on the way to the ATP Munich final in 2022 and took out current No. 6 Andrey Rublev of Russia to get to the St. Petersburg semifinal in 2021.Botic van De Zandschulp greets Carlos Alcaraz after his second-round upset win at the U.S. Open on Aug. 29, 2024.Van de Zandschulp also isn’t a stranger to finding success at the U.S. Open.
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