For Carlos Alcaraz it will be first quarter-final played at Melbourne Parkafter he missed the tournament in 2023, the year in which he would debut as the favorite
The last of them took place in the group stage of the ATP Finalsthat Alcaraz was exhausted, especially at the mental level, after reaching the end of the season tired as a result of his 79 matches, in a year in which he lifted the title at Wimbledon, Queens, Madrid, Barcelona, Indian. Wells and Buenos Aires
The Murcian, who avenged Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the second round to tie the individual head-to-head (1-1), will be looking to do the same against a Hamburg tennis player who won four of their last seven matches (4-3)
“Obviously, in a Grand Slam, you spend less time on court.r. He had two five-set matches and was 7-6 in the last one. The same thing happened to him at the US Open, he came in with a lot of time under his belt and it took it away from him. “I haven’t been on the track for many hours,” said Alcaraz, who preferred to exercise this Tuesday only at the gym and took the opportunity to visit some places in the Australian city such as the emblematic Shrine of Remembrance.
Alcaraz and Zverev come into this much-anticipated clash with mixed feelings. While The Spanish only needed 8 hour and 42 minutes on the track In his previous fights, the German had to spend 13 hours and 47 minutes in the first four rounds, a difference that we don’t know if it will play a significant role in today’s rivalry.
Therefore, Alcaraz and Zverev already knew that the Russian would be their rivalon Friday, in the battle for a place in the grand final, which will be played on Sunday morning
If they were yesterday Novak Djokovic (1) and Jannik Sinner (4) who made good predictions and beat Taylor Fritz and Andrey Rublev, last morning it was the third seed’s turn, Daniel Medvedevwho suffered a lot to overcome the Polish Hubert Hurkacz through 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-3 in 3h.59′
Good morning! We will start the live match against Carlos Alcaraz with Alexander Zverev. It was the last of the quarterfinal matches of an Australian Open that strictly followed the planned script
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