Unexpected goodbye Carlos Alcaraz to the tournament Miami. The Murcian says goodbye to the second Masters 1000 of the season by losing in the quarterfinals against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov by 6-2 and 6-4, after one hour and 32 minutes of play. Alcaraz came from winning the Masters 1000 de Indian Wellsbut in Miami he has encountered a monumental Dimitrov, a former world number three and Master in 2017, which leaves him without the possibility of conquering the so-called Sunshine Double.
And the Bulgarian entered bravely and took out of the game an Alcaraz who had advanced without opposition in Miami. He commanded from the beginning and remained calm when the Spaniard threatened with the comeback.
The match started even but Alcaraz did not take advantage of four break points and quickly found himself 4-1 down. Dimitrov went up to the net and cut off the Murcian’s rhythm, unable to change inertia without marginto win the first set 6-2.
The world number two varied as much as he could and the match became calm, until the Bulgarian struck again first with a break in the fourth game, thus leading to another 4-1. He then appeared the tennis player who won in Indian Wells, who He once again intimidated in his thirst for titles and to return to the top of the ranking. Alcaraz started what looked like an epic comeback, but it remained at 4-4. The Bulgarian did not back down any further and, with 5-4 and the rest, went on the attack to claim the prize for his return to the highest level last year.
Dimitrov will face the German in the semifinals Alexander Zverevwhile the other semi-final will be played by the Italian Jannik Sinner and the Russian Daniil Medvedev, in the reissue of the 2023 final, won by the second. The one from El Palmar thus sees his attempt to catch up with Serbian Novak Djokovic at number one in the world and will even lose second place if Sinner wins the Miami tournament.
Alcaraz acknowledged his frustration after losing against Dimitrov. “I think I played good tennis, I left the court thinking that maybe I would have had to change my game a little earlier, but I think I played well, not perfect, but good“, the Spaniard said at a press conference. “But I feel a lot of frustration now, because It made me feel like I was 13 years old.. She was crazy, she was talking to my team and saying she didn’t know what to do; I don’t know his weakness, I don’t know anything. That’s why I have frustration now, but at the tennis level, I left the court happy with my tennis,” she continued.
2024-03-29 07:22:52
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