Alcaraz broke the barriers at Wimbledon with a great match against Berrettini

Carlos Alcaraz he was playing only his fourth tournament on grass. In fifteen matches, of which he won 13 and lost two, he won the Queen’s ATP 500 tournament, before facing his third Wimbledon, where he continued to break barriers.

He threw away the eight-round bar that had choked him twelve months ago Jannik Sinner. He took his little revenge against another Italian, Matteo Berrettini. The Murcian, 20 years old and world No. 1, put in a ‘great game’ to defeat one of the greats on grass at the moment 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3 in 3h.04′ .

In two different scenarios, as it was 2-2 in the fourth round, the game was stopped for fifteen minutes to close the roof and turn on the artificial lighting. Again, the organization’s programming and its promise to open the plant at 1:30 pm were discussed, and it was not advanced to avoid this situation. Competing outdoors or indoors makes a big difference. The ball travels differently, air is lost on the deck or humidity appears, among other factors.

The eighth Spaniard in the men’s quarterfinals of this modern Grand Slam era does not care, because he is ready to perform in any situation, and he submitted the 2021 finalist, who is the linguist of Australia. Nick Kyrgios qualified as the only serious contender to be dethroned Novak Djokovic.

Alcaraz He exposed the 2022 finalist, dropped this course due to injury, submitted the ‘gunner’ Berrettiniit is true that he has just recovered from a stomach injury, but at the All England Club he behaves like one of the best in the specialty, not in vain last season he won the ATP in Stuttgart and Queens’, which was stopped only for a positive covid that ruined his Wimbledon dreams.

This time he collides with a reality from the district of El Palmar, a boy who quickly learns that he can also put aside in a tenth of a second a traumatic episode like the mental and physical seizure before. Djokovic in a Roland Garros semifinal. He took note of that unexpected setback, he used it as an incentive, as another reason for self-improvement.

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And he is in his fourth Grand Slam quarterfinals, where he holds the glory as the champion of the US Open 2022. Before him, on Wednesday, a fellow traveler, and rival, from the basic categories. Another competitive cheeky twenty-something, the Danish Holger Rune, no. 6 in the world. He survived two ‘match’ balls from Alexander Davidovich in the third round, he eliminated the Bulgarian veteran in the round of 16 Grigor Dimitrov by 3-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) and 6-3. He turned the tide of the match from a disturbing 2-4 in the second set.

Alcaraz took control of his tie to Berrettini saving a breaking ball in the first game of the second set, including losing the very last previous set. He survived a brief moment of doubt, raised his level and went to Roman, who he stripped, breaking his serve for 3-1.

roaring Charlie, he went berserk. He went to the transalpino, who had a lot left and who he transferred to his nonsense. Balloons, drop shots, powerful forehands, a backhand stuck between the referee’s chair and the net post. Whatever it took.

gorgeous Carlos Alcarazwho also did not breathe Berrettini under the roof. Such was the importance of the victory for him, that he needed a fourth ‘match’ point. “It’s great to be in the quarterfinals, but I want more,” the Murcian warned again.

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“It’s great that two 20-year-olds are fulfilling our dreams by playing some quarters together. It’s good for tennis. We’ve played a lot of tournaments since we were 12 years old in all categories. Mag-e I enjoy it for sure,” said Alcaraz, who won runes at the 2021 Next Gen ATP Finals, he withdrew due to injury to lose to the Scandinavian at Paris-Bercy in 2022.