The Murcian backs the American 6-4, 6-4 and 6-2 to advance to the round of 16
Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz is already in the second round of Roland Garros. The Murcian recovered this Friday and once again showed his best game by convincingly beating American Sebastian Korda (6-4, 6-4 and 6-2) in just over two hours of the game.
The sixth seed, who saved a match point in the second round against Albert Ramos, faced the only man to beat him on clay this year and showed his greatest potential on the packed Philippe Chatrier field, where he combined powerful right hand with tight foundations that Korda was unable to respond.
The 27th for his part used all his weapons against the Spaniard, only to make the ball come back faster and more powerfully. It was of no use, however, and the American completely sank in the third set after holding off Alcaraz more or less well in the first two.
Alcaraz, who now has an 18-1 clay-court record this season – after titles in Barcelona and Madrid – will face 21st-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov in the round of 16 for a possible quarter-final confrontation against third-seeded Alexander Zverev.
“It’s great to play in this environment in front of such a large audience in the evenings,” said 19-year-old Alcaraz, who wowed the audience with a recital of serve and volleys. “I have fun, I like to play tennis on such good courts, I like to play in France. Serving and netting is a weapon I have, so I use it.”
Alcaraz got off to a brilliant start, ordering a couple of double breakpoints at 3-1, only for Korda to stave them off with a service winner and an ace. But the Spaniard had no problems in his service games and took the first set with only six points loss.
Korda regained some feeling early in the second set and had two breakpoints, but Alcaraz held his ground and showed his ability to find the best shot at the right time, including a superb lob to the back to take a 30-0 lead to take in the fifth game. He ended the second set with a great forehand winner down the line.
In the third set, the American lowered his arms. The Spaniard soon broke his serve to get the game back on track. The die is cast. From then on things got tough for Korda, who again lost the serve with a volley to the net in game seven and capitulated on the first match point when Alcaraz shot a backhand winner down the line. A beautiful way to close the victory and restore sensations.
Source: La Verdad
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