This is the second year that excludes the young Spaniard Paul in Canada, and he put an end to the series of victories of the star crowned with the Wimbledon title.
Alcaras (20 years) was about to lose in the final price against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, before he settled the last two sets with a tie-break.
This is the fifth loss in 54 matches for Alcaras this year, during which he won the title of six tournaments.
Alcaras started the match with one of his worst sets of the year. He lost his first serve and seemed angry as a result, committing four double faults on his serve and seven direct faults.
He said on several occasions while sitting in his chair, “This is unbelievable, this is unbelievable, how can we present such a bad level.”
Despite his return in the second, Paul broke his serve in the decisive scissoring the world star.
“I don’t know if I have the recipe, but I played really well today,” Paul said after his victory.
Alcaras will participate next week in the Cincinnati Masters, before defending his title at the Flushing Meadows Grand Championship.
“I have a few weeks before the US Open and now I have to focus on Cincinnati,” the Spaniard said after the match.
He continued, “I learned a lot of lessons from this tournament. I have to improve a lot of things, and gain more confidence in my game.”
In his first semi-final in the Masters tournaments, Paul (ranked 14 in the world) will meet Italian Yannick Sinner, who defeated French Gael Monfils 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
In a second match, Australian Alex de Minor eliminated Russian Medvedev, with two sets 7-6 (9-7), 7-5.
In the semi-finals, De Minaur will meet Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, who defeated American Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-2.
It will be the first appearance of the 27-year-old Australian in the semi-finals of one of the Masters tournaments.
Medvedev had won the last seven matches in Toronto, including the 2021. title. But the twenty-seven-year-old fell in the test of the effectiveness of De Minor, who had lost four times out of five confrontations with the giant Russian.
2023-08-12 08:26:10
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