Jan-Lennard Struff was unable to stop Carlos Alcaraz at his hunt for the third Wimbledon title in a row. The Warsteiner, who had surprisingly pushed into the third round in London, lost to the Spaniard on Friday after an appealing appearance in four sets with 1: 6: 6 and 4: 6.
At the beginning of the game, it looked as if both players were looking back on the network relatively quickly. Struff started properly in the first few minutes, even had two early break balls, but was almost overwhelmed by Alcaraz. After only 27 minutes the first round was through and everything seemed to go his usual walk.
Struff defends itself from sentence two
Alone: Struff did not want to bow to this dramaturgy. After a shaky start to the second round, the Warsteiner caught the rebreak after an early break and finally showed the repertoire that makes it so dangerous for every player in the world: precise surcharges, good network and especially on the forehand a lot of pressure.
This combination also had an effect with Alcaraz, which at once no longer left everything flocked from the racket. At 4: 3, Struff won the decisive break in the sentence and a service later also the passage with 6: 3. The success of respect with the sentence was made.
Alcaraz back in set three
Unfortunately, due to the lost round, the senses at Alcaraz also sharpened the senses. The world ranking runner-up seemed directly more concentrated, put Struff under pressure immediately and got the first break at a rapid pace in the third set. In his view, the defending champion no longer gave this lead to 6: 3 – the preliminary decision in this changeable game.
The fourth sentence then offered the supposedly best tennis on both sides. Struff and Alcaraz gave nothing to each other, showed their whole class and thus ensured that the last round at the end was the most exciting and longest.
Overall strong tournament from Struff
At 3: 2, Struff was unable to use a breakball, Alcaraz was mercilessly and with the first breakball, Alcaraz was able to get the decisive advantage of the 5: 4 from his point of view. He then easily served the game for 6: 4 and is now in the round of 16, where the Spaniard meets Andrey Rublev.
Despite the defeat against the world ranking second, a successful Wimbledon week comes to an end-with a more than respectable performance at the end of the tournament favorite.
