Alcaraz, in his first final on grass to regain the No

Carlos Alcaraz20 years old and world number 2, has only played 10 games on grass in his career, but he is already playing as if he were a great specialist and achieving victories thanks to some automatisms that are below normal condition should appear with more difficulties.

However, the Murcian is a quick learner as he has the gift of great champions -he became the youngest No. 1 in history in 2022 at the age of 19- and stood in his first final on grass after a powerful defeat Sebastian Korda (6-3, 6-4), at 22 years old another young man called to achieve great success, but this time far from the version that allowed him to surprise Carlos last year in Monte Carlo.

After a somewhat hesitant start, Alcaraz quickly found a cruising speed that was out of reach for Korda. The Spaniard commanded with his shots and, in addition, punctuated the clash with some extraordinary points (19 winners and only nine unforced errors), another of the skills in which he excels connect with the public. As a final gift, Carlos closed out his victory with a delicatessen touch to get past Korda at the net.

🚀 Unstoppable. @carlosalcaraz he defeated Korda and will play his first grass final against De Miñaur. #TheTennisCourt pic.twitter.com/FqUxKOGRZx

— Tennis on Movistar Plus+ (@MovistarTenis) June 24, 2023

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Alcaraz will face this Sunday (2:30 pm) in the final at Alex De Minaur and, in the event of the trophy being lifted, it will recover the number 1 to the value of Novak Djokovic and in that position he will reach the third grand slam it is from time, Wimbledonscheduled from July 3 to 16.

De Miñaur, ranked 24th and 18th, lost in the first semifinal Holger Rune (6-3, 7-6) and avoided another generational rivalry with Alcaraz, because the Dane (6th) is also 20 years old and tennis in the spring to join anyone. In fact, Rune and Jannik Sinner They are emerging as possible great rivals in the future for the Murcian tennis player.

Alcaraz beat De Miñaur in his only precedent, but a huge precedent: he needed 3h.40′ to defeat the Australian (6-7, 7-6, 6-4) in the semifinals of Conde de Godó Trophy of 2022 after overcoming at least two ‘match-balls’.

Carlos raised one of those match points with an ‘impossible’ shot, a ‘passing-shot’ with a forehand semicut on the foot that stopped everyone, the first to De Miñaur, who had the winner in his hand with forehand halfway. the track he slightly squeezes and opens that almost empty door to Alcaraz.

This will be the sixth final of the year for Alcaraz, who currently has four titles (Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, ​​​​​​Madrid) and he only lost one, when injury affected his performance in Rio de Janeiro against Cameron Norrie. The Spanish player has won 10 of his 13 finals in his career, including US Open 2022 In the head, the first Grand Slam of a list that seems long for years to come.

Straight to the highlights. #TheTennisCourt pic.twitter.com/QOZnYIORO5

— Tennis on Movistar Plus+ (@MovistarTenis) June 24, 2023

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