Updated Sunday, March 24, 2024 – 02:18
There are now 11 consecutive victories for Alcaraz against Spanish players. The world number two has not lost against any of his compatriots since the Indian Wells semifinals in 2022, when Rafael Nadal He had to compromise his physique to get rid of him in a very tough three-set match. Only two years have passed, a time that the Murcian has made profitable until he becomes the player he is today, a double Grand Slam champion who is looking for his sixth Masters 1000 in Miami and, incidentally, enter as the first Spanish tennis player capable of round off victories in the same season in Indian Wells and in the tournament that concerns us now.
On the day of his thirty-first birthday, Roberto Carballs He couldn’t stop that triumphant sequence. It was in Miami, shortly after that defeat against Nadal, where Alcaraz won his first major title, the launch of a career that is picking up again after some less brilliant months, conditioned by physical problems and the logical evolution of a 20-year-old tennis player. years Alcaraz won 6-2 and 6-1, in one hour and 25 minutes, qualifying for the third round.
Unbearable pace
From the three balls he had to equalize one after losing his serve in the opening game, Carballs again had no options to balance a match dominated with authority by his rival, who imposed an unbearable pace for the Canarian, 64 of the world. Alcaraz deployed all his resources and, based on the ease with which he dominated, he experimented with different variants of his game, always with success and joy when approaching the net.
Absent Novak Djokc, the El Palmar player is the main favorite for a victory that they will try to discuss with him Jannik Sinnerwhom he beat in the Indian Wells semifinals, and Daniil Medvedev, defending champion, whom he beat in the final. Carballs tried to go all out as the duel progressed, without skimping on risks, but he gave up his entrance kick again in the second set, sliding irremediably down the slope, although without ever lowering his arms. He had the pleasure, at least, of taking a point with left, counter and counter, in the game that followed. He slight parenthesis in the festival of his opponent, who resumed his refined task and awaits rival of the match between Gael Monfils y Jordan Thompson.
2024-03-24 01:18:22
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