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Griekspoor simply falls quick towards world-class Alcaraz
Tallon Griekspoor was unable to tug off an upset towards Carlos Alcaraz within the Olympic tennis event. He bowed out in two units on the atmospheric Court docket Philippe-Chatrier of Stade Roland-Garros for the quantity three of the world and – within the absence of the in poor health Jannik Sinner – quantity two of the seeding record: 1-6, 6-7 (3).
“He began extremely nicely, extremely quick,” Griekspoor mirrored. “I did not serve very nicely to start with, which gave me quite a lot of hassle. Within the second set I did attain a really excessive degree and made an enormous distinction. battle from. You want a bit of little bit of luck, a bit of little bit of assist from him, however he did not give me something away.”
Regardless of the defeat, Griekspoor had loved it immensely. “It was undoubtedly one of the best situations I’ve ever performed in. The viewers was unimaginable. You see flags from everywhere in the world. The Olympic Video games are simply very particular. I did not actually care about it beforehand, however that has undoubtedly modified.”
Early in 2021 Griekspoor gained towards the then 17-year-old Alcaraz, however within the three matches that adopted he was not even granted a set towards the Spaniard, who now has 4 Grand Slam titles to his identify. He gained the final two in latest months: Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
Alcaraz would after all like so as to add Olympic gold to that and Griekspoor was quickly launched to that ambition. Already on his first serve, issues went unsuitable for the 28-year-old from Nieuw-Venneper, who helped his opponent, blessed with a strong forehand, with a double fault and promptly ran right into a lack of service.
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The subsequent recreation Griekspoor acquired the prospect to breakhowever Alcaraz expertly hit it away. The Dutch quantity 28 on the earth continued to wrestle together with his serve and after one other double fault and a wild forehand he was given a second break. With that, the primary set was misplaced.
Within the second set, Griekspoor’s service went a lot better and that instantly translated right into a extra balanced recreation. There had not been any break factors when Alcaraz requested for the physio at a 5-4 rating for Griekspoor and went to the catacombs for a second.
With a taped proper thigh, the Spaniard performed a troublesome service recreation, by which Griekspoor truly acquired a break- and set level. Alcaraz stored his cool, nevertheless, and finally a tiebreak needed to resolve the set.
Griekspoor took the primary ‘mini-break’, however Alcaraz turned the tide in his favor together with his class.
Probability of revenge
Tomorrow Griekspoor can take revenge when he performs alongside Wesley Koolhof within the second spherical of the boys’s doubles towards Alcaraz and his Spanish compatriot Rafael Nadal. “I’ve by no means performed towards Nadal earlier than. It’s extremely particular to nonetheless have the ability to try this.”
Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer additionally reached the second spherical immediately by beating Argentinians Marione Navone and Tomas Etcheverry in two units: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4).
Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof gained within the first spherical of the blended doubles towards Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas, the fourth-seeded Greek pair: 6-4, 7-6 (3)
