Tommy Paul He put himself with a threatening 0-30 in the first game of the second set … and had already won more points to the rest than in the entire first part. Of that dimension was being the exhibition of Carlos Alcarazand so he continued for 6-0, 6-1 and 6-4, in an hour and 34 minutes, in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. The Spanish is already in the penultimate round, and Lorenzo Musetti It is the last obstacle that you have left before repeating in the final.
The number two of the world “responded” in some way to the beatings that number one is giving in Paris, Jannik Sinner. The Italian “destroys” rivals, very good players, such as Casper Ruud in Rome, or Rublev and Lehecka in Roland Garros, as if nothing. The applause are taken by the opponents when they win the first game of the game, which is often already mediated the second set. Alcaraz, on the other side of the painting in the French Grand Slam, advances with the favorite poster, and as a defender of the titlealso playing an extraordinary tennis, but going through some moments of suffering that he has managed to overcome and with Dzumhur or Ben Shelton by plating him at times.
A SINNER – Alcaraz in the final?
Carlos and Jannik They seem destined to face the Philippe Chatrierbut in the final, on Sunday, not in the semifinals like last year, although they still have their way. A few steps, but the most difficult, because Musetti, executioner of Tiafoe (6-2, 4-6, 7-5 and 6-2) is at the best time of his career and is a fantastic tennis player, and a specialist in whipped land; And Sinner has to face the crazy anarchy of Bublik on Wednesday and then, if he advances, to the Djokovic – Zverev winnerstellar duel of the quarterfinals, which will be played in the night session.
The Spanish and the Italian are in the distance for now, but they look sideways, and if intimidating they are the victories of the redhead of San Cándido, so was the boy of El Palmar against Tommy Paul, number twelve in the world and opponent who has weapons to overcome him, because he had done it twice in his six previous clashes. On this occasion he was light years to get it. Alcaraz’s encounter touched perfection, not to say that he reached it. It can always be improved, but the truth is that it is difficult to overcome this.
In that first set, the Murcia played 13 points with your serve. In nine occasions he put the first service, and did not lose any. He only gave one of the four with the second. In the first two games, Juan Carlos Ferraro’s pupil already had five winners. The corners were the natural habitat of the Murcian balls when I could hit the right right. But in addition, the rest, very involved on track this time, threatened all the time or even got the direct point. In those first two games, Alcaraz had already made balloons and left. The entire list of fantasy blows carried out, combined with the power, which even once, already in the second partial, forced Tommy Paul to release the racket because he could not contain the ball that came.
That 0-30 cited at the beginning of this text was a mirage, because the encounter continued along the same path that had begun. The 6-0, because the initial partial ended, are fantastic, but they can also have a demonic side if trust comes. As Nadal said in his “commandments,” each set is starting again, it doesn’t matter if the previous one has ended 6-0 or 7-6. But By Alcaraz did not appear the relaxation at any time. He played the game from beginning to end and offensive genius added some defensive points, art in which he is also an advance. It only matched a little in the third partial. Let us say, in a logic more typical of a quarterfinals in a tournament like Roland Garros.
“Equality” was to reach 4-4 and that the American took the lead, because he began taking out. Paul was able to enter the exchanges a little, to have fun, but his smile made it clear that with that version of the Spanish he was not going to have possibilities. He did not have an opportunity to break Carlos’s serve. The game ended with a parallel winning right of the Alcaraz. He celebrated it calmly. He has work.
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