The match left no one indifferent. It was the final desired by both the public and the organizationbut the draw was capricious and resulted in them already being in the quarterfinals. Tsitsipas Y Alcaraz put the tennis, the show, the tension and even moments of psychological battle and unknown rules. The victory was for the Murcian by 6-4, 5-7 and 6-2.
Alcaraz already knew what it was like to beat the Greek Tsitsipas, Well, in the other two clashes between the two it was the Murcian tennis player who took the cat to the water. The two triumphs were on the hard court in Miami and at the US Open, but the panorama did not change in the land of Barcelona and the young Spanish tennis player was the most mature, the most intelligent and the best tennis player at the RCT Barcelona headquarters.
If anyone thought that tennis would decline because they played their respective round of 16 matches in the morning and because they started when night was falling, they were very wrong.
Carlos probably played one of his best matches before a Tsitsipas, who with his provocations woke up the beast that the Murcian carries inside. And if someone provokes Alcaraz, he is lost. He is very well prepared on a mental level so he will not go into wars and what he will do is win the battle on the track. That’s how it works for him and that’s how he did it.
It only remains to stand up and applaud.
Bravo, @alcarazcarlo03!
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balance and tension
In the first set the balance was maintained until the tenth game when with a serve from Tsitsipas, Alcaraz went 0-40. He had three break balls. The Greek saved two but on the third Alcaraz won the game after an attempted ball to the body by Stefanos that Carlos did not like, who managed to dodge.
The look of the Murcian towards his rival said it all. He dealt her a moral blow and Tsitsipas reacted in bad ways.
From the box, his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and his manager Albert Molina asked him to calm down and that he did not enter into the provocations. And so did Carlos, responding on the court where he started the second set with a monologue from the Murcian who in 19 minutes was 1-4 up.
Tsitsipas woke up, drew from experience and with a break in the sixth game that he confirmed in the seventh he put a 3-4 on the scoreboard that changed the panorama. This provoked the nerves of Alcaraz, who went on to rush into his blows and went up 4-4 and then 5-4 on the scoreboard. Tsitsipas was back.
Alcaraz’s head was a pressure cooker. He needed a point of calm to return to his best version with a more mature tennis, securing the points. But the prize did not come and the Greek, who increased his performance, won the second set.
Strike first!
🇪🇸 @alcarazcarlo03 ahead 6-4 against Tsitsipas with points like this 💥
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Discussions, rules and breaks
He started the third set with a break from Alcaraz, which he celebrated in such a conspicuous way that his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero did not like it. They were little sins of youth. Tsitsipas responded with another ball to the body. The game was hot. Carlos confirmed the break with his serve and with another break he made it 0-3 on the scoreboard. Another tense moment when the Greek went to change his shirt and got into another argument with the referee. A lot of tension on the court when a game began that started with a 0-30 penalty, which resulted in a 0-4 after his two errors and the anger and helplessness of Tsitsipas. The rule that penalizes you with one point every 20 seconds that you are absent from the track without permission was applied. There were no more ingredients left to add more tension to the match.
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Well yes, a few winning shots from Carlos to close the game, get into the semifinals and incidentally, break into the Top 10 next Monday. Round day for an Alcaraz that is emerging as a firm candidate for the title.
First he must beat the Australian Alex de Minaur in the semifinals who beat the British Cameron Norrie in another tough duel, who ended up exhausted 6-3, 5-7 and 6-1.