Only one forecast is held in the surprising Masters 1000 ATP Mutua Madrid Open 2023. The current champion, Carlos Alcaraz, is still standing, more favorite for the draw configured in the semifinals, with three surprising rookies in the round of privilege in the magical Box.
Carlos Alcaraz will play this Friday, his 20th birthday, against the Croatian Borna Coric26 years old and nº 20. If he is not the umpteenth victim of the eventful event, in the final on Sunday he will have a player from the previous phase in front of him.
Because the most logical choice of a Greek reunion Stefanos TsitsipasThe 24-year-old and world number 5, repeating the recent final of the Conde de Godó Trophy, was crushed in the quarterfinals by the work and grace of the German Jan Lennard Struff, who chased the Hellenic player with a very good match: 7-6 (5), 5-7 and 6-3 in 2h.30′.
Struff, a 33-year veteran and world number 65, packed his bags to leave Madrid after losing in the previous round with the Russian. Aslan Karatsev 6-4 and 6-2. But the casualties followed one another, and he was caught as a ‘lucky loser’ (lucky loser).
He never thought that he would be with his executioner again Karatsev, 29 years old and No. 121 ATP. In the semifinals of the main draw! The Russian defeated another revelation, the Chinese, in the quarterfinals Zhizhen Zhang7-6 (3) and 6-4.
stuff repeated success tsitsipaswhich he already defeated in the land of Godó 2019. The Teutonic player excelled in a match dominated by a high level of service success from one and the other, with continuous ‘bombing’ over 210 km /h.
stuff He returned 9 out of 10 ‘break’ balls against. Conversely, Tsitsipas lost the only one he faced, costing him a break in the third set that led to his elimination.
The German had just one moment of weakness, costing him the second set. In the eleventh game he started and ended with a double fault, delivering his serve to Tsitsipas, who then rallied to 7-5 and survived.
Only temporarily, as Struff, who has a lot of filming on the circuit, was not damaged by that accident. Bravely, he cut off any attempt to react from Hellene, who had bumped into the inspiration of a tennis player who was furious a few days ago and now she will enjoy some ‘semis’, with an option apart from advancement
He is No. 29 in 2020, he is out of gas with a foot injury from 2022. He will have an unpredictable Karatsev, which can be seen in a big way reaching the ‘semis’ of the Australian Open 2021, also from the previous one.
This painting of Madrid is insane. Just the string note of Carlos Alcaraz.
Source: La Verdad
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