​Carlos Alcaraz made his debut at the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing, the main favorite defeated Yannick Hanfman in two sets.

Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the 1/8 finals of ATP in Beijing

It took the world number two one hour and 35 minutes to defeat the athlete from Germany 6-4, 6-3.

It was Carlos’ first match since losing to Daniil Medvedev in the 2023 US Open semifinals.

Alcaraz will face Lorenzo Musetti (18 ATP) for a place in the quarters after the Italian eliminated Russian Karen Khachanov (14 ATP) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.

ATP Beijing, results registered on Friday

Grigor Dimitrov – Mackenzie McDonald 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-1

Yannick Sinner (6) – Daniel Evans 6-4, (2)6-7, 6-3

Daniil Medvedev (2) – Tommy Paul 6-2, 6-1

Runa Holger (3) – Felxi Auger-Aliasime 6-4, 6-4

Andriy Rublev (5) – Cameron Norrie 4-6, 6-1, 6-4

Nicolas Jarry – Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) 6-4, 6-4

Oleksandr Zverev (8) – Diego Shvartsman (2) 6-7, 6-1, 6-4

Lorenzo Musetti – Karen Khachanov 6-3, 1-6, 6-2

Yoshihito Njishioka – Junchen Shang 5-7, 7-5, 6-1

Carlos Alcaraz (1) – Yannick Hanfmann 6-4, 6-3

Casper Ruud (7) – Jan-Lennard Struff 7-6(3), 6-3.

ATP Beijing, 1/8 finals

Carlos Alcaraz (1) – Lorenzo Musetti

Thomas Martin Etcheverry — Casper Ruud (7)

Holger’s rune (3) – Grigor Dimitrov

Yoshihito Nishioka – Yannick Sinner (6)

Oleksandr Zverev (8) – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Matteo Arnaldi – Nicolas Jarry

Andriy Rublev (5) – Hugo Humbert

Alex De Minaur – Daniil Medvedev (2).

The China Open (ATP Beijing) will be held from September 28 to October 4 on hard, is part of the “ATP 500” category and offers a total prize pool of $3,633,875. Titled champion (2019) – Dominic Thiem.