Alcaraz suffered in Miami but will play in his second Masters 1000 semifinals

In so much suffering but with an amazing spirit of resistance, Carlos Alcaraz this Thursday surpassed the quarterfinals of Miami and will play on Friday his second consecutive semifinal of a Masters 1000 after he lost just two weeks ago against Rafael Nadal of Indian Wells.

alcaraznumber 16 in the world at age 18, back in Serbian Myomir Kecmanovicoccupying position 48 of ATP6-7 (5), 6-3 and 7-6 (5) in a demanding and convoluted match of two hours and 23 minutes.

The Spaniard, the great sensation of 2022 in world tennis, will play this Friday in the semifinals against the Pole Hubert Hurkaczwho is currently the tournament champion and defeated the Russian in the quarterfinals Daniel Medvedev (ATP number 2).

The match will not be played before 7:00 pm local time (23:00 GMT).

alcaraz was the last Spanish representative in Miami after being abandoned in the quarterfinals Paula Badosabut to continue the contest he had to beat a very hard nut to crack Kecmanovic.

The Serbian started out in principle as a “victim”, but to land in the quarterfinals he defeated rivals of great importance such as Taylor Fritzthis year’s champion in Indian Wells; o Felix Auger-Aliassimeninth in the ranking of ATP.

Kecmanovic clarified to Alcaraz the reasons for his great step Miami and showed impressive confidence and impressive reliability keeping his failures to a minimum (16 non-forced mistakes compared to 40 for alcaraz).

Murcian had to bite his teeth, he did not despair after being beaten in the first set and managed to bring back the fight with a new display of claw, extraordinary quality and tennis of the highest level.

DEMANDING COMEBACK

Kecmanovic started the fight loudly.

The Serbian achieved a ‘break’ in the first turn to serve in a alcaraz Quite in a hurry, he presented his catalog of shots with perfect volleys and surprising lobs, and went 0-3 in just 9 minutes of the game.

The Spaniard tries to find himself on the track, but Kecmanovic he was perfectly steady in his right hand, he was moving alcaraz from the bottom of the track and no doubt in his game.

Alcaraz screamed to himself, as if trying to wake up and dislodge his nerves, until the first moment of Kecmanovic’s weakness came.

With 2-4 and 40-0 in his favor, Kecmanovic failed at 40-40 and alcaraz He showed his best tennis so far to break his rival’s serve and equalize the set (4-4).

Much more balanced both in sensation and on the scoreboard, the match seemed doomed to a ‘tie break’ with two very quarrelsome tennis players given everything at every point.

There it prevailed Kecmanovicwho dominated the first set and showed coolness and good deeds in sudden death to close out the set 6-7 (5) in 53 minutes.

This is the first sleeve the Spaniards have lost in this edition Miami.

far from falling, alcaraz stepped on the accelerator at the beginning of the second set and, after a good lob that was stunned Kecmanovicgot a quick ‘break’ to put up 3-0.

Kecmanovic, with a serious expression and not showing much of his feelings, is no longer the stone against which alcaraz he repeatedly hit the head in the first set.

Combining his apparent improvement with his forehand and also taking advantage of his opponent’s slight fall, Alcaraz won the second set, 6-3 in 36 minutes to bring the match to the third set.

Alcaraz is a good backhand and seems more aggressive in return and on the net than Kecmanovicbut both retained their respective serves at the start of the final set (3-3).

Kecmanovic is still very stable and there were no apparent cracks, which compelled Alcaraz not to make a mistake.

There was a delicate moment in the Serb reduction to win the match and 15-30, but the Spaniard was proud and raised the public to re-tie the set (5-5).

Back in the sudden death, Kecmanovic favored him by a “mini-break”, but Alcaraz didn’t give up, kept his head cool and, with a scream from the net, well picked up the ticket for the semifinals.