Carlos Alcaraz made a brutal assessment of his performance in his Canadian Open debut after squandering match point to suffer a three-set defeat at the hands of Tommy Paul.
Despite playing the Masters 1000 event for the first time, the Spaniard came in as the No 2 seed but was unable to capitalise on a set-and-break lead and lost to the world No 34.
Alcaraz made his Canadian Open debut on Wednesday in Montreal, coming into the tournament as the second seed behind reigning champion Daniil Medvedev.
The 19-year-old won a hard-fought 67-minute set in a tiebreak before racing to a 4-1 lead, putting himself within two games of the third round.
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