There is no one to stop Carlos Alcaraz in it Beijing ATP. The Spanish tennis player has found his best game in the Chinese capital and is already in the final of the tournament, after defeating Daniil Medvedev in a tennis exhibition within a highly complicated match. With a very aggressive version of the Russian, especially in the first set, Alcaraz He emerged the winner based on effort and talent, and then took advantage in the second and managed it perfectly until closing the semifinal with a score of 7-5 y 6-3in less than an hour and a half of the game.
Alcaraz dominated a match between two top-5 with a maturity that continues to surprise considering his age. That sobriety is the point that he has lacked on other occasions and that he is exhibiting in a Beijing tournament which can mark a before and after facing the end of the 2024 season. Medvedev He had a good performance, but in key moments he was weighed down by a certain fragility in service and his history with Carlos, who with this Tuesday’s victory adds his sixth victory in eight matches against the Russian tennis player.
In a game that went very fast, Alcaraz emerged victorious from the exchange of blows that both players were forced to engage in in the first set, with four consecutive breaks and a fifth, with which Carlos It made the difference for the initial 7-5. Having learned his lesson, the Spaniard safeguarded his serve at the beginning of the second, gaining strength to, with a tie at two, achieve the break that catapults him to a final in which he will face, on Wednesday, the winner of the match between Jannik Sinner and the local tennis player Bu, big surprise of the Beijing ATP 500.
The card Carlos Alcaraz serves in itself as an explanation for a very high-level victory against Medvedev. The Spanish tennis player added 25 winners for only 14 unforced errors in a duel in which he made five breaks against a player who was very dependent on serve in the most demanding matches. Being solid and knowing how to hold serve in the second set were the keys for Alcaraz to overcome the result of 2023, when they lost in the semifinals against Sinnerand stepped into the final round for the first time in the Beijing ATP 500where within 24 hours he could lift his fourth title of the season.
