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The young Spanish talent Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image (42nd in the world) lost this Saturday in the semifinals of the Vienna Tournament before the german Alexander Zverev (4th in the world and Olympic champion), who endorsed him a double 6-3 in one hour and 8 minutes of the game.
Zverev will face the American in Sunday’s final Frances Tiafoe (49th), who defeated the Italian Jannik Sinner (11th) by 3-6, 7-5 and 6-2.
Sinner He had just won two indoor fast track titles (Sofia, Antwerp), but was held back by the tennis player from Maryland, who is having a spectacular week in Vienna.
In the previous rounds, Tiafoe surprised the first seed and world number 3 in the round of 16, the greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, and in the quarterfinals he knocked down the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, 16th in the world.
Front to Zverev, Tiafoe will seek to culminate in a big way this tournament and win what would be his second ATP title, after Delray Beach in 2018.
The Austrian capital tournament It is held indoors on a hard surface and distributes about 1.8 million euros (about 3 million dollars) in prizes.
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