Carlos Alcaraz, new and irresistible magnet for the public

Whether you have charisma or not. An athlete can be the best at what he or she does and not connect with the stands in the same way that another more ordinary person might have the public in his or her pocket before starting to play. The reasons vary.

In tennis, there is a new case where charisma and quality converge in style, Carlos Alcaraz, new and irresistible magnet for the public for his game and personality on the court at just 18 years old. Wherever he plays, the Murcian is already a pole of attraction of the first order.

Alcaraz, world number 16 and rising without a brake, qualified for the semifinals of Masters 1,000 on the hard court Miami after winning another electrifying battle against Myomir Kecmanovic6-7 (5), 6-3 and 7-6 (5) after 2h.23 ‘of intense battle: the Spaniard made 52 winning shots and made 40 unforced errors against more measured rivals (19-16 ).

“It looks like I’m playing in Spain. It’s incredible. The energy sent to me by the public is insane. I think that without them they wouldn’t have reached the semifinals”, Carlos thanked the support of the spectators. in the central court of Miami.

Kecmanovic, 22 years old and 48th in the ranking, offered a good version against the Spanish, also as a result of his work with the former tennis player david nalbandian. The Serbian was even two points from the win twice, but at the same time Alcaraz’s special, brave and winning gene emerged to reverse the situation and put Murcian in the semifinals.

Carlos reached the ‘semis’ in March at Indian Wells Masters 1,000which he asked Rafael Nadal he was a heroic to isolate him in the final. Alcaraz has another chance to reach his first Masters 1,000 final in Miami: his rival is the defending champion, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (10th), strengthened after beating Daniel Medvedev in the quarterfinals (7-6, 6-3) and deny the Russian to regain world No. 1 on Monday.

Casper Ruud23 years old and number 8 in the world, has already met the forecast in the semifinals against Francisco Cerundolo (6-4, 6-1 at 1h.34 ‘) and already waiting for Alcaraz or Hurkacz in the final. That’s why the Norwegian stopped climbing Cerúndolo, the semifinalist with the worst ranking in the history of the Miami tournament (103rd).

Ruud is the first Norwegian in the Masters 1,000 final after three previous defeats in the semifinals, all three on clay, in Rome (2020), Monte Carlo (2021) and Madrid (2021).

Casper has yet to face Hurkacz, but once against Alcaraz, in Murcian’s victory in the ATP quarterfinals on clay. Marbella’2021.

Swiatek-Osaka, women’s final

The women’s finals will face two high -level stars this Saturday, Iga Swiatek at Naomi Osaka. The 20-year-old Polish woman, world number 2 and champion of Roland Garros’2020, will rise this Monday to No. 1 regardless of the result. He is the best tennis player at present, as evidenced by his 16 consecutive victories that have already given him the titles of Doha and Indian Wells.

Osaka, 24, who has further recovered from his mental health problems, is once again on the brink of another great title, something that is common for him when he is at his best. Not surprisingly, four grand slam adorn his palmares, two US Open (2018, 2020) and two Australian Open (2019, 2021).