Carlos Alcaraz fits the US Open like a glove, because of the cement, and New York, due to the energy that comes from the stands. It is no coincidence that the current champion signs the best start in the history of the tournament.
Of his first 17 commitments on the slopes of Flushing Meadows, he has decided 16 in his favor. And the one who lost, in the 2021 quarterfinals against Felix Auger-Aliassime and it was due to injury.
His last exhibition with the public was in the night session on Wednesday with AAlexander Zverev kneeling with a final score of 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4, in 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The few times that there is silence in Artur Ashe is when the Spaniard hits a right. In the cordage he goes with the heart of an entire country and in the shoe you can read his grandfather’s maxim: head, heart and balls.
With the fatigue accumulated in the previous round, which lasted 4 hours and 41 minutes for him, Sascha depended more than ever on the effectiveness of the first serve to solve his games without suffering.
Alcaraz, as in the round of 16, wore a bandage at the height of the thigh of his left leg. In the last two rounds he has reserved himself to the maximum to the extent of not training between games.
In the opening bars, unforced errors multiplied on both sides. It was time to test the adversary. It was night in New York, but the temperature was still high and the humidity even lower.. That is why the two protagonists applied ice towels during the changes and took care of the eating patterns so as not to become dehydrated.
Crazy backhand parallel intern, accompanied by a scream. It was 0-15 in the sixth game. The services prevailed over the remains.
First ‘break’ point in the seventh round. Zverev’s backhand went to the net. In the second the same shot was also choked on the Teutonic.
The equality was maintained until Carlitos said enough in the eighth game. He went from being able to lose 4-3 to scoring the set 6-3. It is what the elect have.
The German saw all his rival’s balls fall on the white line and that made him desperate. The world number one had given a coup de effect. The five sets of the match with Jannik Sinner began to weigh on Zverev’s legs and head. Almost more in the second section.
Alcaraz spent Tuesday morning doing treatment at the hotel with his physiotherapist Juanjo Moreno and in the afternoon He went for a walk in Central Park, his talismanic place in the city of skyscrapers.. They ended the day having sushi for dinner at the TAO restaurant.
Sascha finally brought out the white flag when she gave up her serve in the third game of the continuation. He had noticed a puncture in the buttock. The Spaniard, who used reflexes to close many plays on the net, had greased his machinery and could not find valid answers from the other side of the net.
A third ‘break’ accelerated the outcome. With two sets to zero, Zverev’s comeback was a utopia. The Hamburg tennis player is back, but he’s still green to compete tat with the best player on the planet.
Sascha was on the canvas and requested the assistance of the physiotherapist in the locker room. It was after 10:30 p.m. and many fans left their seats because they thought they had seen everything.
“Come on Charlie, come on“, the two-big champion shouted to himself as he was saving all the opportunities to break. Zverev was left with a stat of 0/5. His executioner presents a 4/4. “Point to point”, the teacher Juan Carlos Ferrero advised him at the time of closing.
Third time with Medvedev
Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev, his rival in the semifinals on Friday, have crossed paths three times, two of them this season. The Spanish won in the final of Indian Wells and the penultimate round of Wimbledon. In those two games his opponent only scored 14 games.
2023-09-07 05:44:16
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