Gofan defeats Alkarath, the Belgian wins 2-0 and knocks him out of the Astana Open

David Gofan achieved a great victory against Carlos Alcarath. The Belgian (No. 66 in the world rankings) defeated the Spaniard 2-0 and ruled him out of the continuation of the Astana Open.

If you consider that the 31-year-old tennis player lost to Nardi in the second qualification and entered the main draw as second, you can understand the surprise caused mainly by his performance.

Even more impressive is that Gofan has won two more times against a world No. 1 athlete and both times against Rafael Nadal. The first was at the 2017 ATP Finals and the second at the 2020 ATP Cup.

From then on, Carlos Alcarath was clearly unprepared in this match and lost a match for the first time in 2022 without even winning a single set.

Alkarath led 2-1 in the first set, but Gofan responded with four games in a row to take a 5-2 lead. The Spaniard increased the tension by leveling the set to 5-5, but Gofan took the next two to finish the first set 7-5.

The Belgian started the second set strong and took a 3-0 lead with a quick break. With another break he made it 5:1, Alkarath responded by winning two games, but Gofan finished the set and the match 7:5, 6:3.