Alcaraz stumbles again against Sinner and is left without a final in Beijing

MADRID, 3 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz has said goodbye to the Beijing tournament, of the ATP 500 category and played on a hard court, after falling this Tuesday in the semifinals against the Italian Jannik Sinner (7-6(4), 6-1), who He has confirmed himself as the player who has beaten the Murcian the most times on the circuit.

The transalpine tennis player has up to four victories – in seven matches – over the one from El Palmar, the last one until today this year in the semifinals of the Miami Masters 1,000, becoming his true ‘cryptonite’. All in a day in which the world number one played perhaps one of the worst matches of his course.

Alcaraz did not feel comfortable at any time despite his good start, which he could not sustain for long against a grown Sinner and who put on a real exhibition of punches to meet the Russian Daniil Medvedev for the title. The Spaniard, for his part, is already thinking about the Shanghai Masters 1,000.

On the Diamond court in the Chinese capital, the player from El Palmar began the contest with a ‘break’ that he confirmed on his first serve, sensations that invited optimism. In the third game, he had two breaking balls that he did not take advantage of and that gave wings to his rival.

Thus, Sinner managed to break him on his second opportunity to establish the 2-2, and although Alcaraz responded with a ‘counterbreak’, the transalpine signed another break that condemned the sleeve to sudden death. In it, the Spaniard was burdened by a 1-4 deficit that he was unable to overcome.

The blow took its toll on Alcaraz, who gave up his serve as soon as the second round began. Things were not going well for the Murcian, who wasted up to five break points before the Italian got the match back on track with another break for 4-1.

Another game for Sinner left the Spaniard on the edge, disconnected, and everything was resolved with a new ‘break’ for the transalpine to close the duel in one hour and 54 minutes of play. His rival in the final will be the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who defeated the German Alexander Zverev in the other semifinal (6-4, 6-3).

2023-10-03 15:12:02
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