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Alcaraz stunned by Hungarian qualifier at Italian Open
By ANDREW DAMPF he’s our best in the sport.”
AP Sports Writer Alcaraz led 4-1 in the tie-
ROME (AP) — Carlos Al- breaker but Marozsan won
caraz didn’t see this one six straight points to close it
coming. How could he out.
have? “It’s amazing. I don’t know
About to reclaim the No. 1 what happened during the
ranking, Alcaraz was pretty points,” Marozsan said. “I
much pushed off the court just try to hit back every ball
at the Italian Open by and try to do my best.”
135th-ranked Hungarian Late in the second set, Al-
qualifier Fabian Marozsan caraz tried firing himself up
6-3, 7-6 (4) in the third round by yelling “Vamos” every
on Monday. time he won a significant
Alcaraz suffered his earliest point. But Marozsan just
defeat since October. kept coming, unleashing
He’d won 30 of 32 match- an 82 mph (132 kph) back-
es this year and was on a hand winner up the line to
12-match winning streak on conclude one point and
clay after consecutive titles winning several close ex-
in Barcelona and Madrid. changes at the net.
He secured a return to the By the end, Marozan had
top spot next week by win- Fabian Marozsan returns the ball to Carlos Alcaraz at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in twice as many winners as
ning his opening match in Rome, Monday, May 15, 2023. Alcaraz, 24 to 12, and far
Rome. But he was caught Associated Press fewer unforced errors, 13 to
off guard by how Marozsan into the rally. I made a lot of ing in the main draw of an seeded Jiri Lehecka. 24. “I couldn’t follow his lev-
dictated with spectacular mistakes that I usually don’t ATP tournament. “Everything was perfect el,” Alcaraz said. “He was
play all over the court, in- make too much.” “He surprise(d) me a lot. His today: The crowd, the at the same level the whole
cluding drop shots that Al- The result means Alcaraz level was really, really high,” weather, the court,” Ma- match. That is very, very dif-
caraz had no answer for. will go into the French Open Alcaraz said. “I’m sure he’s rozsan said after stunning ficult. He deserves the win.
“I just didn’t feel comfort- which starts in less than two going to break the top 100 the packed stadium on If he plays at that level, he’s
able. He made me feel weeks and where he will be very, very soon.” Campo Centrale. going to surprise more than
uncomfortable on court,” the top seed coming off a Marozsan posted his first “I just try to do something one (player).” Marozsan will
Alcaraz said. “He was ag- dispiriting defeat. victories over top-100 play- special or winning a few next face Borna Coric, who
gressive all the time. He was Making matters even more ers in the first two rounds games or maybe a set or continued his solid form on
playing inside the baseline surprising was that this is the when he beat No. 67 something like this, and I clay by beating Roberto
all the time. It was tough for first time Marozsan is play- Corentin Moutet and 32nd- just beat the world No. 1 Carballes Baena 7-6 (3),
me to get into the match, 6-1. q
Philadelphia Inquirer hit by cyberattack causing disruption
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The News since a blizzard in paper itself. data may have been com- necessary “because ac-
Philadelphia Inquirer says January 1996, the compa- On Sunday, subscribers promised. cess to company internet
a weekend cyberattack ny reported. were sent the early “bull- And employees have been servers has been disrupt-
caused the biggest dis- Weekend editor Diane dog” edition of the paper barred from working in the ed,” Mastrull said. Hughes
ruption to its operations in Mastrull said Monday that that didn’t include stories newspaper offices at least said the company was
27 years and prevented it the newspaper had been written Saturday, Mastrull through Tuesday, with the looking into co-working ar-
from publishing its Sunday dealing with an “extraordi- said. On Monday, how- company saying that was rangements for Tuesday.q
print edition. narily busy weekend,” with ever, subscribers got “the
The attack was detected three nights of Taylor Swift full Monday paper on their
Saturday morning when concerts, the Philadelphia doorstep,” she said, adding
employees found that the 76ers playing a playoffs that workers assume that
paper’s content-manage- game 7 and mayoral can- will be the case Wednes-
ment system wasn’t work- didates making their final day morning, “when
ing, the Inquirer reported pitches to voters. people will be looking for
on its website. “I’m amazed to say we election results.” Classified
The paper “discovered got all of that coverage advertisements, including
anomalous activity on se- on our website in our elec- death notices, will not ap-
lect computer systems and tronic edition on Sunday pear until Wednesday, of-
immediately took those sys- and then in the papers to- ficials said.
tems off-line,” Inquirer pub- day,” Mastrull said, calling “We asked questions and
lisher Lisa Hughes said. that an extraordinary feat did not get many answers,
The cyberattack caused by systems personnel and and that has frustrated the
the largest disruption to the requiring patience from staff, but I understand it’s
publication of Pennsylva- reporters and editors using a very complex situation,”
nia’s largest news organiza- workarounds to write and she said, adding that em-
tion the company publish- edit stories as well as being ployees and subscribers A Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper vending machine stands in
es The Philadelphia Inquirer in “the awkward position” remain concerned about Philadelphia on Nov. 30, 2006.
and The Philadelphia Daily of having to report on the whether their personal Associated Press