The Murcian sealed the victory with enormous authority: 6-0, 6-4 in 1 hour and 23 minutes of play
In the third game of the match, Facundo Bagnis He was already letting out a first cry of frustration. The Argentine knew well that he needed the best version of himself to even have options to stand up to Carlos Alcaraz, but neither gave it nor would it have been enough to assault the Murcian, who moves through the clay of Umag as if it were yours. Alcaraz closed the victory with enormous authority (6-0, 6-4 in 1 hour and 23 minutes of play) and will face the Italian in the semifinals of the ATP 250 in Umag. Giulio Zeppieri.
A year ago Alcaraz won the first title of his career in Umag and now he returns as number five in the world (the youngest since Rafael Nadal), with four more trophies in the backpack and a determination that is undermining the will of his rival until he breaks. After three games, Bagnis was already desperate. He was not fine, and the Murcian does not wait for anyone.
The Argentine knows Carlos Alcaraz well, whom he had faced twice on the circuit Challenger. Both ended with victory for the Murcian. The most recent, just 14 months ago at the end of the Oeiras Open. From that one he got for the first time among the 100 best in the world. It was the launch of the rocket.
As before the Slovak Buttoned, Alcaraz opened the match by breaking Bagnis’s serve. And this time he had no brake. He broke again in the third, also in the fifth and again in the seventh. He was on point in the ninth, where Bagnis’s frustration surfaced again. What would the scene be like, that when the Argentine managed to get the game going he won a standing ovation from the public.
A forehand down the line, a two-handed crossover backhand, an answer for everything. Alcaraz stood at the bottom of the track and dominated Bagnis, who only managed to break free after that small partial victory. The Murcian went down, the Argentine grew up, and for a moment a light went on for the Rosario. He had a break point to get 5-5 in the second set, but the rush revived the best Alcaraz. Turned into a wall again, the Murcian sealed the ticket to his seventh semifinal of the season.
His rival will be the Italian Giulio Zeppieri, number 164 in the world, who beat the Valencian Bernab Zapata for a tight 7-5 and 6-4.
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