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Spain’s 21-year-old superstar Carlos Alcaraz overcame illness to defeat Andrey Rublev at the ATP Tour Finals in Turin, Italy on Wednesday.
Alcaraz won 6-3 7-6 despite cutting short his practice session on Tuesday after struggling with a chest complaint.
Sporting a pink nasal strip to help his breathing, the third seed won four consecutive games to take the first set in 37 minutes with a double break of serve.
He claimed the second in an epic tie-break, hitting 33 winners overall in the match compared to 14 for the Russian.
The French Open and Wimbledon champion was out of sorts when losing his first match in Turin on Monday to Norwegian Casper Ruud.
And while he used a chest rub during breaks in play today, his movement was much sharper.
Rublev has now lost six successive matches at the ATP Finals in straight sets since reaching the semi-finals in 2022.
Alcaraz will face Zverev on Friday in his final match of the round-robin group stage.
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