Carlos Alcaraz’s adventure in the Queen’s tournament is over. The Murcian fell on Thursday in the round of 16 against British Jack Draper 7-6(3), 6-3 in a match where he never showed the level we are used to.
After a very even start, the reliability of both on serve meant that the first set was not decided until the tiebreak, where Draper took a step forward allowing him to go 6-1 on the scoreboard that would end up being the final despite the fact that Alcaraz managed to score two more points.
Winning the first set gave wings to the British, who showed his best game against an Alcaraz who lacked spark and freshness who made too many mistakes and only found reliability in his serve.
however, A few untimely mistakes in the sixth game put the Roland Garros champion to rest which ended up deciding the match.
At 4-2 everything was in favor of the young Brit, with only the dizziness of seeing himself so close to victory holding him back. It’s not like that. dThe rapper maintained his excellent level of play to close out the match 7-6, 6-3 and seal his place in the quarterfinals, where he will face American Tommy Paul, who defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 6-4 in the first match of the day.
It wasn’t just the loss that hurt Alcaraz, that After the game he vehemently attacked the new service clock rule saying it was “insane”that it was “bad for the players” and that he would talk to the ATP about it.
In this week’s tournaments, Halle and Queen’s, The ATP decided to start the service clock when the point ends, not when the referee calls itwhich causes players less time between points.
“The chair umpire told me it’s a new rule, the clock doesn’t stop, after the point the clock starts. This is bad for the player. I finished the point in the net and I didn’t have time to go for the balls. I’m not talking about going in the towel, no, no. I don’t have time to go to the balls. It’s crazy. I have never seen it in tennis,” said Alcaraz, who confirmed that he has not yet spoken to the ATP about it, but will.
The loss also caused Alcaraz to lose part of the 500 points achieved last year and fall from the second position in the ranking, which passed into the hands of Novak Djokovic.
Queen’s is Alcaraz’s only appointment before her next big challenge, reasserting her Wimbledon title. The Murcian now has ten days before he rests and trains before his debut on the Central Court of the All England Tennis Club, next Monday, July 1 at 3:00 pm
The sinner does not forgive
Things got better for Jannik Sinner in Halle. The world number 1 reached the quarterfinals despite dropping a set against Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, whom he defeated 6-4, 6-7 (4) and 6-3.
In his first tournament as world number one, the player from San Candido had to use his best game to extend his adaptation to grass and beat the Hungarian, 45th in the ATP ranking, in two hours and 16 minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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