Carlos Alcaraz repeats presence in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. It did not pass this barrier in 2024, surpassed by the German Alexander Zverev. He has another chance, next Tuesday against the winner of the duel between the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the czech Jiri Lehecka.
Alcaraz, 21 years old and No. 3, sent a devastating message to Djokovic in case the forecast anticipated by the draw of the draw comes true, and they meet again in the quarterfinals. He is ready, very confident and in physical and tennis shape.
In addition, you will arrive very fresh to the appointment. He defeated the British Jack Draper, 23 years old and number 18, by 7-5, 6-1 and retirement of the Englishman, physically exhausted by the marathons held in the three previous rounds and the demands that Carlos Alcaraz demands, a lot of continuous pace and level.
“I’m going to watch it, for sure while I work with the physio,” said Alcaraz about the duel between the ten-time tournament champion, Novak Djokovic, and the candidate, the Czech Jiri Lehecka. With the peace of mind of having done their homework in the preseason and in their four games played in this edition at Melbourne Park. The calm of not having suffered any setback before facing the hypothetical challenge of Djokovic (quarterfinals), Zverev (semifinals) and Sinner (final).
He sharpened his aim at the cost of a Draper who paid for the 12h.34′ he had accumulated on the court after three five-set marathonsdouble that of Alcaraz (6h.11′). Verdugo from Murcia on the Queen’s grass, the previous season, lost for the third time in duels on hard courts. The pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero He commanded from the beginning, with more legs and inspiration. It’s more complete, everything depended on him.
And so it was, for the good and the less good. Alcaraz had a hard time getting the break, on the fifth opportunity. At 5-2 he made it clear that he was in charge, but he got involved in a horrible ninth game, with two double faults (five in the first set), which made it difficult for him to suffer the ‘break’, entering into a few minutes of unrest, haste.
-He feared a disconnection of his, he tempted it but quickly avoided it. He didn’t get lost. He recovered the line, resumed command. 5-0 run to end the set and take a 3-0 lead in the second.
Between both acts Draper had already requested medical assistance. Sore all over his body, exhausted, and without any option against a merciless rival, doing his job. Although it is not pleasant to see a partner, especially if the personal relationship is optimal, in such a bad state.
Draper left an hour and a half later, Alcaraz qualified for the quarterfinals with good personal feelings. Ready for what’s coming. The statistics already say it: he does not fail against left-handers in Grand Slam (9-0), nor when he wins the first set (55-1).
In the quarterfinals for the 10th time in Grand Slam, at the level of Boris Becker, Bjorn Borg and Mats Wilander as under-21. At the Spanish level it exceeds 9 presences of Juan Carlos Ferrero and Manolo Orantesfollow behind Rafa Nadal (47) and David Ferrer (17).
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