Alcaraz’s last minute at the China Open, live
Very good morning and welcome to the China Open semi-finals! The first of them promises to be a great battle between Carlos Alacaraz and Daniil Medvedev. After celebrating the Laver Cup together just a week ago, the man from Murcia and the Russian meet again on the track. The one from El Palmar, which returns to number two in the rankingrepeats the penultimate round of Beijing with the goal of advancing to what would be his first final on the Asian tourafter falling short last year after losing to Jannik Sinner.
For its part, Daniil Medvedev still has points to defend after being a finalist in the last edition. Number five in the world, like El Palmar, He arrives at the event without having given up any set. The Russian comes from defeating the Italian without problems Flavio Cobolli by 6-2 and 6-4. Alcaraz had a harder time in his duel against Karen Khachanov, whom he won 7-5, 6-2.
In what will be the eighth duel between the two, the Murcian knows that a complicated match awaits him: ““I know that he is going to come out with clear ideas and knowing what he has to do.”declared Alcaraz, who has already faced the third seed in the tournament twice this season. These last two were the Indian Wells final and the semifinals for the second consecutive year at Wimbledonboth fell on the Murcian side. In the total balance, Alcaraz wins 5-2, being the Russian’s last victory in the semifinals of the 2023 US Open.
Alcaraz made a small analysis of his next rival, remembering that match in New York: “Maybe he plays more aggressively than he usually does. I remember perfectly the match he won against me last year, I was surprised by the level he showed because he was much more aggressive than I expected.“, he acknowledged. Meanwhile, Medvedev declared that he would have preferred another rival, confessing that “When Alcaraz is ‘in a state of grace’ he is probably the best player in the world. And now I feel like he’s in that ‘state of grace.'”
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