The massacre continues at the Masters 1000 in Madrid. After the withdrawal of Daniil Medvedev and the withdrawal of Jannik Sinner, Jiri Lehecka had to withdraw due to injury this Friday, during his semi-final which pitted him against Félix Auger-Aliassime. The Canadian (35th) will play the final against Andrey Rublev.
Hit in the back during the match, Jiri Lehecka first showed serious signs of pain, grimacing at each point, struggling to stand up properly, limping… Unable to move during the sixth game (3-3) , the Czech asked to return to the locker room for a few moments (8 minutes). Insufficiently recovered when he returned to the court, he was unable to go any further, collapsing on Madrid ground in the middle of the seventh game (3-3, 30/15).
Lehecka disappointed, Aliassime spared
Lehecka (22 years old, 31st) broke his racket in anger and annoyance, while he was playing his first semi-final in the Masters 1000, he who has continued to progress since 2023 and had already reached the quarters at Indian Wells more early in the year. In Madrid, he also had a very good run since he defeated Rafael Nadal (7-5, 6-4) in the round of 16 before taking advantage of Daniil Medvedev’s retirement in the quarterfinals. .
Luck continues to smile on Félix Auger-Aliassime in this tournament. Even if the 23-year-old Canadian certainly did not think he would reach his first Masters 1000 final in this way, he will have the opportunity to win, on Sunday, the best tournament of his career, he who had already benefited from the previous round of the package of Jannik Sinner and the abandonment of Jakub Mensik in sixteenths.
2024-05-03 19:34:50
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