2023-07-08 18:58:48
Solid victory by 6-3, (6) 6-7, 6-3 and 7-5 against the Chilean
His next rival will be Berrettini, Zverev’s executioner in three sets
MADRID, 8 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, number 1 in the ATP world ranking, defeated the Chilean Nicolás Jarry 6-3, (6) 6-7, 6-3 and 7-5 this Saturday and thus qualified for the round of 16 of the Wimbledon tournament, the third ‘Grand Slam’ of the season and which is played on the London grass.
In his second consecutive day on the Center Court of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, and after having already removed “that little thorn stuck in last year”, Alcaraz showed an effective version as well as moldable. Not surprisingly, it took him three hours and 56 minutes to defeat a Jarry with good performance this season.
In this context, the Spaniard improved the face he had exhibited 24 hours earlier during his appointment against the Frenchman Alexandre Müller. This time I took it out of him in the opening round it was very good, without giving options to his opponent; In addition, that was combined with the aim of taking advantage of the rest with his first ‘break’ ball in the eighth game (5-3).
In addition, in the following rally he saved a rival break opportunity and consolidated his advantage, clinching the first set in 45 minutes. For the subsequent set, Jarry changed his pace and started with a 0-3 in his favor. The man from El Palmar was weak then with his service, facing a dangerous 30-40 in the fourth game, which he solved with mettle.
In fact, that attitude emboldened him. In the fifth game he prowled the break (1-4), something that he already accomplished in the seventh (3-4). The positivity had also had an effect on the Spaniard’s serve, who tied the 4-4 and 6-6 blanks; He led the outcome to a ‘tie-break’, where he wasted a score of 4-3 and even a set point with 6-5.
The Chilean turned the score around, scored the sudden death 6-8 and tried to reset. However, Alcaraz’s spirits remained almost intact and he made it clear with an accumulated run of 4-1 in the third set. The ‘break’ in the fourth game had already given him enough advantage to close it at 6-3 after 48 minutes.
As if it were a predetermined arithmetic sequence, the even sets had smiled at the Murcian while the odd ones spurred on Jarry. Based on this curiosity, the South American began the fourth chapter with a favorable 0-3 and a 15-40 to the rest. But, once again, the player from El Palmar reacted in time and started a brilliant comeback.
Jarry conceded six games from there, winning only one and without ‘scratching’ anything in his opponent’s serves. Alcaraz put the direct with a break in the eleventh game (6-5), immediately consolidated to sentence the match. In the round of 16 he will play against the Italian Matteo Berrettini, executioner of the German Alexander Zverev by 6-3, 7-6 (4) and 7-6 (5) by virtue of a carat battle also on the Center Court.
THE NERVES BETRAY DAVIDOVICH
On the other hand, the also Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was eliminated in the round of 16 after a marathon duel against the Danish Holger Rune, sixth seeded in this tournament. At the rate of four hours on Court No. 3, the man from Malaga wasted two match points in the tenth game of the fifth and final set, a slab that later weighed heavily.
With nerves on the surface and the stands delivered to both tennis players, and with 8-8 in the sudden death of that fifth set, ‘Foki’ served from below in the ‘spoon’ style; Rune was attentive and landed a winning blow, to just then settle her victory and meet, in the next round, with the American Frances Tiafoe or the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
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