Carlos Alcaraz19 years old and number 6 in the world, defeated the Slovakian alex molcan (48th) in the semifinals of ATP on Hamburg soil -7-6 (2), 6-1 in 1h.32′- and thus he reached his fifth final of 2022, the period of his definitive emergence in style that promises many successes for him in the future.
It was difficult for the Murcian to close out the first set against Molcan, but once the first set was separated by a tiebreak, Alcaraz rolled down to an unfathomable victory to meet in the final on Sunday (3:00 pm) with another young man of many qualities, Lorenzo Musetti20 years old, 62nd in ranking and executioner of Argentina Francisco Cerundolo in the other semifinal: 6-3 and 7-6 (3).
The Italian will contest the first final of his career, something Alcaraz did last year mold, where he topped his ATP record by announcing a rocket in progress. Since then, the Spanish tennis player has chained several months of play and great results and this Sunday he will try to remain unbeaten in the finals.
In the title of Umag’2021 the Murcian added four this season, two Masters 1,000 (Miami, Madrid) and two 500 races (River, Barcelona), as he seeks to win his sixth ATP title in his first six finals, a feat accomplished only by Ernest Gulbis and Martin Klizan in the Open Era. Carlos also took last year the Masters ‘Next Gen’but that achievement was left out of the official statistics of the ATP circuit.
With his victory over Molcan, Alcaraz secured his entry into the world top-5 for the first time in his career, in next Monday’s ranking, and promoted the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in No. 2 of Racing in Turinthe classification of the current year, now only to his countryman Rafael Nadal ahead, number 1 thanks above all to his two titles of Grand Slamin Australia Y Roland Garros.
With four titles each, Alcaraz and Nadal are the two most prolific tennis players of the year. If the Murcian wins his ‘Next Gen’ duel against Musetti, he will break the tie with the Spaniard and win his fifth trophy of 2022.
Alcaraz raised his win-loss record on clay to 23-2 this season, where only sebastian corda (Monte Carlo) and Alexander Zverev (Roland Garros) was able to beat him. Their overall record improves to 39-5 after their four wins in Hamburg Nicholas Kuhn, Filip Krajinovic, Karen Khachanov Y alex molcan.
Source: La Verdad
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