{"id":500950,"date":"2026-03-03T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500950\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:33:10","slug":"andreeva-alcaraz-and-a-scene-stealing-pup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/500950\/","title":{"rendered":"Andreeva, Alcaraz and a Scene-Stealing Pup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alcaraz and Bergs Mix It Up <\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Belgian <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/zizou-bergs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zizou Bergs<\/a> locked horns with <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/jannik-sinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jannik Sinner<\/a>. On Monday, the World No. 47 tested himself against the other half of the sport\u2019s dynamic duo, engaging in a thrilling two-hour session with two-time champion <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/carlos-alcaraz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard arrives with a perfect 12-0 record on the season and has his sights set on joining Federer, Djokovic and Nadal as the only men this century to win three or more singles titles in the desert.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old stepped onto the court with cameras trailing and was greeted by a hearty round of applause. Sporting a LeBron James Lakers tank top, Alcaraz settled in at the baseline while <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/aryna-sabalenka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/maria-sakkari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maria Sakkari<\/a> lingered nearby to sign autographs for fans.<\/p>\n<p>Sunny skies, sunny disposition \u2014 good vibes all around.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz, who fell to <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/jack-draper\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jack Draper<\/a> in last year\u2019s semifinal, kept spectators fully engaged, while Bergs rose to the occasion against the seven-time major champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alcaraz and Bergs Mix It Up Over the weekend, Belgian Zizou Bergs locked horns with Jannik Sinner. On&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-500950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}