Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabe Zapata 6-2, 6-2 (1h.16′)
Alcaraz, to the end. The first since the US Open, the ninth of his career. Three months without competing, but he has come back very strong. Very complete game.
Tomorrow Sunday, against Cameron Norrie
not before 8:00 p.m. We will tell it here.
40-0 ALCARAZ,
THREE MATCH POINTS.
30-0 Alcaraz, TWO POINTS FROM THE FINAL.
15-0 Alcaraz, a show how he is hitting. Defending Zapata a lot, forcing the Murcian to multiply and raise his level.
Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 5-2 Bernabe Zapata
Alcaraz puts things in their place, WHICH WILL SERVE FOR THE END.
0-40 ALCARAZ, THREE BALLS OF BREAK. He lost his serve, does not concede more. Come back to the charge. Another high quality stop volleyball. Show Alcaraz, repertoire as wide as it is varied. Very complete.
Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 4-2 Bernabe Zapata
ALCARAZ GIVES UP HIS SERVE, although he has the cushion of another break. Award for Zapata’s voluntariness, for his persistence. He has quality, not as much as one of the greats as Alcaraz already is at 19 years old.
FIRST BREAK BALL FOR ZAPATA. At 67 minutes of play. Shows how the Valencian does not let go at any time. It is Alcaraz who is not allowing him more.
equal. He has not yet had a break ball against Alcaraz. The sun is fading, the playing conditions slow down.
Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 4-1 Bernabe Zapata
Alcaraz doesn’t want trouble once he plays an APT final. Double break, approaching the appointment with the British Cameron Norrie, to his ninth ATP final, the first since he won the US Open.
15-40 Alcaraz, far superior playing good tennis.
TWO BREAK BALLS.
Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 3-1 Bernabe Zapata
Game to 15 Alcaraz, confirms the break advantage. He is reliable with his serve.
40-15 Alcaraz, very solid with the serve, from which he acquires calm to strengthen his blows.
15-15 The public has fun with Zapata feinting to one side and shooting the other in a scuffle at the foot of the net. He raises his arms helping the audience cheer even more eagerly that he has dominated a plastic point.
Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 2-1 Bernabe Zapata
Alcaraz’s ball hitting is spectacular. Overwhelming. BREAK UP, closer to the final with Cameron Norrie.
BREAK ALCARAZ BALL. He does not give up ground, Zapata’s Numantine defense ends with an error, a crossed backhand that touches tape and goes to the doubles corridor.
equal. There is no respite for Zapata, missiles hit him from one side and the other. Difficult to compete with such a decisive Alcaraz.
30-15 Zapata, warrior. He opened his account of aces with a service so open that Alcaraz almost touched the ground looking for his return.
Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 1-1 Bernabe Zapata
Neither the drop shot nor the lob were definitive, but they were enough to dislodge Zapata, who then threw a crossed backhand outside, overwhelmed by so many Murcian attacks. I play 15 Alcaraz.
40-0 As if no more than three months had passed. Alcaraz’s monumental parallel right, which is unleashing in Buenos Aires.
30-0 Alcaraz,
who has won 24 of 29 points with his serve.
Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 0-1 Bernabe Zapata
I play 30 Zapata, a relief
after having lost the previous three games in one fell swoop.
40-30 Zapata, which draws the mark of Alcaraz’s ball with a circle. Long, as confirmed by the chair umpire, the Peruvian
Jimmy Pinoargote.
Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 0-0 Bernabe Zapata
At Zapata service.
Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabe Zapata 6-2
Great first serve by Alcaraz, set to the bag in 38 minutes. Very good level of the Murcian. Ready to fight for everything. In the final awaits the British Cameron Norrie.
40-30 ALCARAZ, SET POINT.
30-30 Zapata resists, gets on the track and attacks with the parallel backhand. Quality. If he sees a hole, he goes for it. He will not give anything away, Alcaraz has to earn everything for himself.
30-15 ALCARAZ,
ACE A 224 KM/H.!!!
15-0 Alcaraz,
SECOND ACE, AND DOES IT WITH SECOND SERVE.
New balls, take out to set Alcaraz. 36 minute game.
Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabe Zapata 5-2
Alcaraz reflecting on the track the most logical prognosis. Second break, will serve for set. It is very good for so long out of competition. And in a good game he has to be superior to Zapata, no matter how hard he tries to fight for every ball. Carlitos overflows with his shots.
BREAK ALCARAZ BALL, advantage to the rest. Bombshell from the right A magical minute from Murcia.
equal. To get up and applaud with Alcaraz’s crossed backhand volley. Running, sliding. Wonderful.
40-30 Zapata, willing to enter the track and also go to the net to close. Aware that you have to be a little more aggressive against a rival like Alcaraz, that if he takes the field he does not give up the initiative in any way.
30-30 Alcaraz taking a risk in the remains from 0-30.
0-15 Alcaraz. Zapata’s right, long. The demand that Carlos demands makes it difficult to maintain such a pace for a long time. It is a different quality step under normal conditions.
Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabe Zapata 4-2
I play 15 Alcaraz, saving his service turns without problems. Half hour semifinal.
40-15 Zapata saw it coming, aborted Alcaraz’s serve and volley attempt, who was caught halfway up.
30-0 Alcaraz, scoring with both first and second serves. He is feeling more comfortable on the track as his competitive shooting increases. Incredible how well he has returned to the Tour. It has a very high cruising speed by itself. Youth helps to have that spark. And a lot of talent that he is working with discipline.
Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabe Zapata 3-2
I play 30 behind Zapata, giving battle in his first ATP Tour semifinals. Murcian and Valencian are well known, good level of play. More dominant Carlos, but Bernabé does not give an inch if he is not forced to. He does not give concessions.
Carlos Alcaraz 3-1 Bernabe Zapata
Play Alcaraz, who needed six minutes to hold his serve and confirm the lead break.
Alcaraz advantage, this time choosing the drop shot at the right time, after having led Zapata to practically touch the canvas in the background. Attack well built and well finished off.
Same again. A drop that was out of the question. Alcaraz knew it and executed a ‘churro’ backhand. Those little oversights that must be polished.
equal. Zapata Miralles responded, as expected because the Valencian has a job and is very hungry to grow in ATP. He had a hard time reaching the top-100, he is going to position himself by calling the top-60.
40-30 Alcaraz,
PRIMER ACE.
30-30 Excellent Alcaraz not rushing despite the enormous defense time and time again from Zapata, willing to give up his life in the
Court Guillermo Vilas of the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
15-30 Shoe. Common errors of lack of activity for a long time of Alcaraz. He makes up for them with invincible streaks. It is the parties that give continuity. Third of the year, he is going for the fourth, another final.
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Carlos Alcaraz 2-1 Bernabe Zapata
Demanding a lot Alcaraz, top level. Ten minutes into the semifinal, he makes the first break, game to 30.
30-40 Alcaraz, who fails with the first break ball.
15-40 ALCARAZ, TWO BALLS OF BREAK. He finished with a show against Lajovic, raising his tennis a lot. He continues in the same line. Huge parallel inverted drive rest on second serve. A bombshell.
22:31– 15-30 Alcaraz. Third game of the year, in his reappearance. Quickly picking up pace and reaching level. Very low backhand that complements with a volley at will. Always forward. Aggressive by nature.
15-15 The drop of Alcaraz emerges, from the right. A good weapon against an opponent who doesn’t usually leave the bottom of the court.
Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabe Zapata 1-1
Game to 15 Alcaraz, after a long rally in which he took the initiative, held on until Zapata Miralles failed. Right to the net, forced. The Valencian is rocky and brave. Safely enjoying this semifinal, even though the rival is very fierce. He beat him when the Murcian was 17 years old, then he lost at Roland Garros 2021.
30-0 Alcaraz, expeditious with a serve that did give him problems at times in the quarterfinals, but at night and after it had rained. Today, under the sun and with heat, the ball jumps more. It comes out faster and more powerful, it flows from the racket.
Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabe Zapata 0-1
I play 15 behind the Valencian, who has never been in an ATP final. The best result of him until today was the rooms of Umag.
Coming into the tournament with just one win in four games this season, it changed its trajectory in the Argentine capital.
HE MADE EIGHTH AT ROLAND GARROS 2022
30-15 Zapata Miralles, who in his junior days beat Hurkacz and Tsitsipas in the category’s European championship. He is gaining positions in professionals. He wears a bandage under his left knee. Of subjection.
Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabe Zapata 0-0
The Spanish semifinal in Buenos Aires begins, with Cameron Norrie waiting for the final on Sunday, initially at 8 pm Spanish peninsular time.
The Valencian Bernabé Zapata serves, who on Monday will surely sign his best world ranking. From 74th at least he will jump to 63rd place.
Three minutes to go, announces Peruvian chair umpire Jimmy Pinoargote, who already refereed Alcaraz-Djere, the Murcian’s first game of the year, more than three months after he withdrew in the quarterfinals of Paris-Bercy 2022 against Holger Rune for an abdominal injury.
Then, in January, a muscle injury in his right leg that left him without the Australian Open.
Players on court, Carlos Alcaraz won the draw
and decided to subtract.
Very different game conditions for Carlos Alcaraz
defeated
Laszlo Djere (6-2, 4-6 and 6-2) and
Dusan Lajovic (6-4 and 6-2) at night. Right now the sun is shining, which he will appreciate because the conditions will be faster, he will be able to do more damage with his powerful ball.
If Carlos has been on court for 3h.33′, Bernabé, who played two games during the day and a third at night, has been playing for 6h.30′. he surpassed
Pedro Martinez (6-1, 3-6, 6-4),
Diego Schwartzman (6-1 and 6-3) and
Fran Cerundolo (6-3, 6-7 y 6-3).
Zapata finished yesterday at midnight, less rest time.
A very different history
Alcaraz and Zapata have in common that they are rookies in this ATP 250 on clay in Buenos Aires. But while for Bernabé it is his first ATP semifinal, the youngest number one in history after winning the US Open seeks his ninth ATP final, chasing his seventh title.
A Peruvian man
Jimmy Pinoargote will be the chair umpire of this second semifinal.
Third game between them, second in ATP
Bernabé Zapata, a 26-year-old Valencian and world number 74, beat Carlos Alcaraz, 19 and number 2, on clay in the final of
Cordenons 2020, where he won his first ATP Challenger title. Then the Murcian was 17 years old.
He later debuted in
Roland Garros, a 2021beating Zapata 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 and 7-6 (4)
What time do Alcaraz and Zapata play?
According to the scheduled schedule. Today the sun shines in Buenos Aires. It was scheduled for no earlier than 6:00 p.m. local time, 10:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time. In a few minutes they jump to the Guillermo Vilas track.
The final is scheduled for 4 pm in the Argentine capital, 8 pm on the Spanish peninsula.
Carlos Alcaraz – Bernabé Zapata, Spanish semifinal in Buenos Aires
Hello good evening. We begin the live narration of the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Bernabé Zapata.
There will be a Spaniard in the final of the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires, against
Cameron Norriealready waiting in the final after beating the Peruvian
John Paul Varillas by 7-6 (6) and 6-4.
