Former world number one Carlos Alcaraz’s 12-match winning streak came to an end with a straight sets defeat in the third round of the Italian Open tennis tournament. Hungarian qualifier and world number 135 Fabian Marozsson pulled off a surprise 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Alcaraz here on Monday. Alcaraz won back-to-back titles in Barcelona and Madrid. He regained the world number one ranking by winning his first match at the Italian Open.
Earlier on Sunday, 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, returning after losing the second set, beat Grigor Dimitrov 6. 3, 4. 6, 6. Entered the fourth round by defeating 1. Djokovic will now face 13th seed Cameron Norrie who beat Marton Fuskovic 6. 2, 7. beat by 6. Earlier, two-time champion Inga Swiatek defeated Lesia Surenko 6. 2, 6. beat by 0. In the last match, she beat Anastasia P 6. 0, 6. was defeated by 0. She will now face 21st seed Donna Vekich who defeated 16th seed Lyudmila Samsonova 2. 6, 7. 6, 6. beat by 2. French Open 2022 runner-up Coco Gou was defeated by 27th seed Marie Bouzkova 4. 6, 6. 2, 6. 2. While Marketa Vondrousova beat ninth seed Maria Sakkari 7 . 5, 6. beat by 3.
