Carlos Alcaraz will play this Saturday against the Italian Jannik Sinner for a place in the final of the Masters 1000 ATP in Indian Wells, where the Russian will also compete in his semifinal Daniel Medvedev and the american Frances Tiafoe.
At 19 years old, Alcaraz is in position to improve to the 2022 semifinals in the California desert-based tournament. So he didn’t get along Rafael Nadal on a windy day He will have another chance to improve his result and stand in what will be his eleventh ATP final.
He has won seven so far: in 2021 Umag, in 2022 Rio, Miami, Godó, Madrid and US Open, while he opened the 2023 victory in Buenos Aires.
On the hard courts, the Indian Wells surface, which everyone agrees is slower than any other on the ATP Tour, the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero So far, it’s full: 2 of 2, in Miami and the US Open. In New York he also caught the world number one which he can now regain. He will take it from the Serb Novak Djokovic if he lifts the trophy at Indian Wells, as the Spaniards did before Rafael Nadal, Alex Corretja, Pepe Higueras and, in the woman’s box, Paula Badosa.
Alcaraz destroys obstacles with kicks, with great strength and speed. “I am a player and a person who learns quickly, and pays attention to the best, as Djokovic and Rafael Nadal“He recalled after beating the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in rooms 6-4 and 6-4.
Another wall was destroyed. He has surrendered three times to the Canadian, a record of 0-3 is an unprecedented event compared to the thirteen opponents with whom he has played three or more games. No fourth loss.
“This is one of the games where I have the best deduction from my career”, he stressed Carlos Alcaraz. He had a mission, and he applied himself to fulfill it. “I watched the other matches on video, I went out on the court very focused, I knew I would have opportunities and I had to take advantage of them. Auger is a good server, I had to focus on the attack in his second. serve, being aggressive and immediately taking the initiative on the ball. period”, reasoned the Murcian.
It is a relief to destroy the damn data with Auger-Aliassime. Not only 0-3 in victories and defeats, but finally find the formula to respond to the service of the French disciple Frederic Fontang and the Spanish Tony Nadal.
Alcaraz: break on the 17th occasion, fourth game
in three games Alcaraz he didn’t make the ‘break’. He didn’t catch any of the eleven breaking balls available to him. A baggage that can lead to anxiety, but the one from El Palmar has been an incentive.
And in the fifth game of their fourth meeting, they changed the course of their joint history. On the seventeenth ball of the ‘break’ in the overall calculation, the sixth of these quarterfinals at Indian Wells, the ‘break’ came. For the first time he found himself at a clear advantage Alcaraz against Auger-Aliassime.
In two hours he made three ‘breaks’, because he worked Auger-Aliassime he saved 9 of 12 breaking balls. Alcaraz He came back 3 out of 4, suffering the first break of the current Indian Wells tournament.
as well as italian Jannik Sinner presents a similar difficulty. They are 2-2 on balance. In the first three appointments, the transalpine raised 25 of 27 break balls, 16 of 16 in his wins at Wimbledon and Umag 2022.
He changed this ornament to US Open 2022in the quarterfinals, after returning Carlos Alcaraz a ‘match’ ball. He survived and found the path to victory, breaking 11 out of 26 times.
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Source: La Verdad
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