GREGORY LEON
The Laver Cup had therapeutic effects. Carlos Alcaraz He had returned from America tangled in a thousand doubts. He fell in the second round while the world saw the explosion of Jannik Sinner, consolidated in the first position of the ranking. Shattered racket in Cincinnati. Accident at the US Open. But the Murcian tennis player has found strengths where he thought his weaknesses were: in his head. Great champions are forged from the psyche. Johan Cruyffa legend in his own right, said it with that forcefulness of his words that served to build unbreakable aphorisms, the kind that remain sculpted in stone, forever: “Football is played with the head, but the feet help.” And Alcaraz uses the racket. But, above all, the mind. Only in this way could he get out of the labyrinth of the United States.
The El Palmar player is not allowing mistakes in Beijing. He does not grant options, neither to minor tennis players, nor to others of similar stature to his, such as Daniil Medvedev. The Russian, although he tried to deploy all his skills, with those passing parallels that force a high physical response from his opponent, with damaging blows, he encountered a break at the most unexpected moment, when it seemed that it was impossible to break the equality of the first set. Alcaraz had already made two breaks, more effective on the rest than with the serve, but he had not been able to confirm them. Medvedev over-braked and sent a ball out of the box. With his service, Carlitos did not miss the opportunity. The Murcian, who had already interacted with the public, hand to his right ear, after a kick, was going to rest. Happy. This was the way.
Carlos Alcaraz knew all the answers. Also those of the rest. He had shown it in the first round. And he also expressed it in the second. Medvedev was immediately seen from behind again. 23. The Murcian reached all the balls, and was even helped by the tape, which made a ball, which allowed the breakbecame ungraspable. I rest and continue working. The goal was closer. And the jewel of Murcia reached her. Medvedev finds no antidote against him. Eight confrontations. Six defeats. Just two smiles.
Carlos Alcaraz reaches a new final. To another. Wait for Sinner or the surprising Yunchaokete, local idol.
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