Arthur son keeps his good habits. Since the beginning of March, the number one tricolor has constantly raised in the quarterfinals. This was the case in the first three Masters 1000 of the season, in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo. He keeps the course and the pace at ATP 500 in Barcelona. After Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday, he dominated another Spanish player on Wednesday, Pedro Martinez. Iberian number 3 did not really exist in this eighth finals, quickly folded by son in two sets (6-3, 6-2) and less than an hour of play.
As much as he had to be used the day before facing Carreno Busta in the first set, as much the Ile -de -France constantly had control of the debates and the score against a Martinez who did not have in his game weapons necessary for the annoyance. Son quickly breaks in the first set to lead 4-2. He only conceded only a break ball on the whole game. It was a Débreak ball, from the next game, and he saved it.
11-3 on his last 14 games
For the rest, Arthur Son did what he wanted from the ball to exchange. The second round was even quieter and expeditious than the first for the protégé of Ivan Cinkus. Only small shadow on the board in this match, its low percentage of first balls since it has not even reached the 50% mark (49, exactly). However, this did not endanger him on his brought into play since he won 80% of the points on his first and 69% behind his second.
Quickly done, well done for a very serious son and in full confidence. The seeded number 7 of the Catalan tournament has now won 11 of its last 14 games on the circuit. It remains to cross this cursed cap of the quarterfinals after three failures against Daniil Medvedev, Jakub Mensik and Carlos Alcaraz at this stage of the competition in the last three tournaments. Friday, he faced the winner of the meeting who will see his faced with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Sebastian Korda on Wednesday afternoon.
Son, top 10 in sight and informed competition: “The next time Alcaraz will meet him …”
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