The Italian may have never advanced past the third round at the Caja Magica, but Alcaraz believes it won't matter to a player who has a 25-2 start to the year
Scottie Scheffler's third round of 8-under 63 took him to 16-under 197 and is one-shot ahead of Sepp Straka (67) who got to 15-under after a 65. They will be in the final group on Sunday, with different wind and thunderstorms in the forecast
Dharma fired a third round of five-under 67 to establish a two-shot lead at a total of 14-under 202. Sachin Baisoya ended the penultimate day in second position at 12-under 204 after he carded a 66.
Twelve months ago, the Serbian was knocked out in the third round by the Italian in the Principality, and history threatened to repeat itself in this year's edition as Musetti led by a break early on.
In his maiden match as the oldest World No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings, the 36-year-old Djokovic delivered a brutal performance against Safiullin.
India's quest for a place in the third round of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup 2027 Preliminary Joint Qualifiers suffered a serious jolt when they went down to Afghanistan 1-2 on Tuesday. The winners trailed 0-1 at halftime.