Alcaraz is in the round of 16 of Cincinnati’s masters after getting rid of no more wear of Hamad Medjedovic. It was a double 6-4 in an hour and 36 minutes in a party in which climatic conditions raised as many difficulties as serbian tennis. The Murcian will be measured in the round of 16 with Luca Nardi whom he defeated at the beginning of the season in Doha. The Italian took advantage of the abandonment of Mesik, one more in a tournament that is disputed in very severe conditions for the players.
It was the first hour of the afternoon in the state of Ohio and Alcaraz was lying in the warm -up zone by relaxing his phone. Opelka and Comesaña went to the three sets, but the party between the Argentine and the American lasted excessively for reasons beyond the tenistic ones. Comesaña suffered a heat stroke and close to the outcome fell a storm in Cincinnati. So Carlitos found that the third round against Medjedovic started after 3:00 p.m. – local – with 32 degrees and a humidity greater than 50 percent. A couple of games had passed and Alcaraz was already with the t -shirt soaked. And in front, a rival who wanted to fight.
The Serbian, trained by Jorge Aguirre in Malaga, is a player from the Fifth of Alcaraz and is in full growth. Number 72 in the world, this course has been a finalist in Marseille and in its service sheet there are victories against Rune, Khachanov, Medvedev or Tsitsipas. Its ball speed is high and its serve, dangerous. With that cocktail, Carlitos complicated life, but also left clues of his weaknesses. If Alcaraz moved him, he stopped being comfortable and when the worst game for the Balkan was hardened. In the seventh game it staggered. Alcaraz armed himself with patience and after thirteen minutes he took advantage of the fourth rupture ball. As soon as he trembled with the service, with a double foul, he suffered a break. Enough to take the first partial.
The very hard conditions to play were reflected in one of the game stops. Medjedovic placed one of the usual ice towels around the neck and added an ice bag on the head. He looked at the stadium screens and could not avoid a smile. His “look” was at least peculiar. Alcaraz managed to evade the climatic conditions as much as possible. He spends the front on the second set came before. In the fifth game and with a couple of Break opportunities it was enough. He escaped from the tangle in which he got into the next two games to mention without excessive wear with the Italian Nardi.