Alcaraz, Murcian and ‘Martian’ regained the number 1 in his first grass title

Carlos Alcaraz He is from Murcia, but racket in hand also has something ‘Martian’ about him. Green is the grass and that color is also associated with the face of the Martians and, on earth, Alcaraz took everything this week to impress everyone again.

From less to more in the tournament thanks to his quick adaptation to the most complex surface of tennis, the Spanish player achieved in to Queen his first title on grass and, incidentally, regained the world number 1 at the expense of Novak Djokovicwho usurped the throne after entering Roland Garros a new record of 23 titles of grand slam.

A full shot of adrenaline and confidence for the impending appointment of Wimbledonwhere Carlos will try to continue his accelerated studies to give himself another joy although the Serbian will be the great favorite there as his seven titles in ‘Cathedral’ of tennis.

Alcaraz, 20, capped his extraordinary week by dominating the Australian with a double 6-4 in the final Alex De Minauranother grass juggler who has also surrendered to Carlos’ arsenal of resources, champion in his debut at Queen’s, only the third grass tournament of his new career, which speaks of the Murcian’s special gift to his sport.

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De Miñaur, 24 years old and ranked 18th, is a true ‘roadrunner’, one of the fastest players on the circuit, and demanded a good version from Alcaraz to win the title. In fact, the Australian had the best chance to hit the first shot on the table, but in the best moment of his rival’s game, Carlos was magnificent in the eighth game and raised ‘in the extreme’ two break balls against ( 4-4).

From a possible 3-5 and the Australian was on serve, it went to 5-4 and service in favor as the Murcian was able to take advantage of his first chance to break in the ninth game. Goodness of good champions, who are able to take advantage of those details that tip the balance on one side or the other.

Alcaraz sealed the first set by decorating himself with a final ace to make it 6-4 on the scoreboard, but he went to his seat with a worried face and immediately requested the presence of the physiotherapist. Due to discomfort in the adductor of the right leg, Carlos requested a medical appointment to take care of that affected area. A compression bandage was enough to get back on track and continue his path to the title.

More cautious in his first moves, Alcaraz observed that his leg responded positively and, attentive to a timid disconnection with De Miñaur, he achieved the ‘break’ (3-2) in the fifth game which ultimately allowed to him to lift the trophy, Well , his serve worked perfectly, as it had all week, and killed any Australian comeback attempt until he reached the final 6-4 after 1h.39′ of play.

Alcaraz contacted Russian Daniel Medvedev as tennis players with the most titles this season, five each: Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid and to Queen They shone in the 2023 record of Espanyol, who only lost in the final of river in the view of Cameron Norrie in a meeting conditioned by his physical problems. With 40 wins, Carlos is one behind Medvedev (41), the player with the most wins this season. The Russian, yes, lost twice in as many games: only eight to four from Murcia.

In total, Alcaraz added his 11th ATP title to 14 finals played at the age of 20, numbers that attest to the successful continuation of a career that exploded last year with brutal force, largely due to his success in US Open which made him the youngest No. 1 in history on September 12 at the age of 19. Sharing the throne with Djokovic, six changes since then, Carlos will appear again this Monday in style. The ‘Martians’ of sport have these things.