Carlos Alcaraz continues in a state of grace and with another great solvency exercise Jiri Leheckka was imposed on Queen’s (7-5 and 6-7 (5/7) and 6-2). The Murcia is different from a time to this part and it seems that the words he repeats at a press conference does not take the air.
The words you repeat are: you want to enjoy the games, without looking much further, without thinking about number one, in records … that will come, if you have to arrive, only if you have a good time and the errors are not excessively reproached, which go together to a sport like tennis. It does not mean that it does not self -exam, it means that you accept the situations.
The result: He has played five consecutive finalswith a more than remarkable success. Montecarlo won, lost with Rune in Barcelona, and conquered Rome, Roland Garros and, now, Queen’s, already with the change from the earth to the grass.
The Murcian again showed that when everything blocks, he is the best tennis player of the moment, regardless of the floor he steps on or that The change of brick dust to the grass is the most radical. An adaptation period is needed, and the Spanish has been having it with the passage of the matches, after just three days of training in London. From Carlos who debuted on Tuesday on Sunday there is a difference, a step forward, a memory that you have to play more crouched, with shorter steps and careful not to slip, especially when the green is still immaculate, without stepping on. That has united a certain self -control that sometimes betrayed him (and surely it can happen again when they come bad) and that made him rush. He is being a more sober tennis player, but he does not lose the magic that his racket will always have.
The grass is the land of the few opportunities, and you have to try to take advantage of the ones you have. The final against Leheckka moved a couple during a long section. The Czech, for the first time in the fight for the title in an ATP 500, has more tennis than its ranking says. It has been somewhat slowed down by injuries, but it is still young (year and a half greater than Alcaraz) and I already knew what this course is to win. He did it in Doha in February. He could not repeat, although the development of the game was balanced for practically two hours. The serves were imposed and the game advanced as a destined to arrive at Trebreak. The Czech did not generate breakup opportunities, although it was close, with 5-4 above and 0-30. I was two points to win the first set, but Alcaraz solved it with good services. Just after the option came to him, and took advantage of it to get the breakage he managed to confirm without problem.
To the “come on” that was heard in all London with the “break” ball followed a “yes” when he confirmed it, in an exchange in which Leheckka failed to resist and crashed the ball on the net. Call “maturity”, maybe, and call yourself “trust”, but The world number two is at a time when it seems to control the meetings without getting nervousalthough the procession, logically, will go inside. During the points, he expects the precise moment to accelerate and find the winner without assuming too many risks with that right than those who trained as a child say that it is standard, that “he was born with her.”
Carlos improved even more with the serve on the second set, with power and also with ability with the open cut, and Leheckka responded with the same currency. He was close to the El Czech broken ball at the hot moment: with 5-6 in favor and 15-30, a very clear right failed with the entire track for him. The Czech assumed it and in the Trebreak forced to, this time, not let the train leave. “Three lines,” Alcaraz told Samu Lópezalmost the only moment of complaint that was seen.
The time has come to show that calm that has accompanied him in recent months. The game was alive and Carlos this time managed to open the door before, to the fourth game, pulling back his rival with the remains. He opened a gap, 3-1, that the Czech failed to suture. The Murciano ended with 18 direct serves and without giving a chance to break. He kept the pace two and quarter of the meeting, and his opponent lowered him at the end.
Alcaraz, a kid just despite all the experience he has, was missing some regularity and since April no one has been more constant than him. He arrives at Wimbledon, where he defends his double crown.