Carlos Alcaraz He now has an opponent for the round of 16 at Wimbledon 2023, on Monday. Knowing it would be prestigious, he learned his exact identity in Italian Matteo Berrettini proved his victory over the German Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (4) and 7-6 (5) in 2h.27′.
A true Wimbledon finalist, who will not be together in 2021 with the Serbian champion Novak Djokovicon the Murcian path, 20 years old and No. 1 in the world, surpassed twelve months ago in the middle of another transalpine, Jannik Sinner.
The confrontation scenario is different. This is not the first game of Alcaraz in the middle, but the fourth, third in this edition. And he’s better at tennis than Matteo Berrettini that of sinful.
His record included Berrettini, 27 years old and world number 38, is favorable. He won the first, indoors in Vienna 2021 6-1, 6-7, 7-6, the last also, on the ground in Rio 2022 6-2, 2-6 and 6-2. Still inexperienced, the Spaniard lost in Australia 2022 6-2, 7-6, 4-6, 2-6 and 7-6, when the Roman was experiencing a moment of inspiration.
Then came a steady stream of injuries, which spread this season with an abdominal injury that left him without a clay and led to his resignation from the Queen’s ATP, which he won Carlos Alcarazhis first grass title.
If there is a surface you like Berrettini it is the grass. In 2022 he emerged again as a contender for the Wimbledon throne after winning the ATPs in Stuttgart and Queen’s, but a positive for Covid sidelined him. He himself announced his resignation, although the regulations did not prevent him from trying to compete.
He’s been running out of gas with repeated physical problems, but he’s finding himself again this Wimbledon. He left his countrymen Lorenzo Sonego and in Australian Alex de Minaur, may have a Zverev to whom he lost the fourth of five previous confrontations.
The first at the Grand Slam and on grass was taken by Berrettini, supported by his powerful serve, a flat forehand that spins at breakneck speed and a sliced backhand that gives him plenty of air. Added 14 ‘aces’, didn’t offer a single ‘break’ chance Zverev, that he broke serve one out of five times.
Source: La Verdad
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