The Carlos Alcaraz tricks and resources They were not enough for the Murcia to defeat Jiri Leheckka in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 of Doha. It was close to the world number three, came to go with a breakage of advantage in the third set, but its rival reacted to take the meeting and classification for the semifinals: 6-3, 3-6 and 6-4.
When he had the result against it, it was when Leheckka was released, that what happens in what is left of the tournament next Monday will have the best ranking of his career. At the moment, it will be 22 and if it gets in the final or wins you will climb some more position in the world classification. He is the tennis player, for example, who fired Rafa Nadal from Mutua Madrid Open on the night of May 1, 2024. A 23 -year -old boy who everyone is waiting for and who is coming, little by little. Alcaraz was glowing, it is not usual; The Czech is slower, but forward. The Spanish surely has more talent with the racket, but he lacked resources to tangle his rival when he saw that on the basis of sticks it was going to be impossible. He made a fast break Carlos, which is an important advantage against Czech, but from there Jiri took out the deck. Loose when I had the result against, he started throwing with a lot of power to chain four games in a row. It went from 2-1 to 2-5 with an iron tennis. Alcaraz fought, but it wasn’t enough.
The story was repeated in the following two sets, and Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil (the coach will return to the box in Indian Wells; both in this tournament and in Róterdam Carlos has accompanied Samuel López) he could only be victorious of the second. In the three sleeves he had the advantage of advantage, and then suffered the reaction of Leheckka. What tried to oppose the powerful blows that came to him were many legs and impossible blows. In a moment he even went to the ground and released the rapid racket so as not to harm. He quickly looked at his bench and smiled. It is unique in that sense, it normally has fun on the track.
If the exchanges from the background lengthened, the point tended more to fall on the side of Spanish, but that is what tried to prevent its opponent with a more direct game. The third set was at the limit. He was about to succumb Leheckka, who forced so much that he threw out some ball for millimeters. Alcaraz got 4-2, but he didn’t add any more. It depended on putting first, and in the final game the serves did not give him the necessary advantage. In addition, he looked for balloons, left or volley from behind the serve line. They are resources that I had to use more regularly than I would have liked. A last second serve was subtracted from two hands down by Jiri, the Spanish stretched and arrived, but very unbalanced. Garra did not miss at any time, but the ball flew and went long.
It is his second defeat of the course, after the painful against Djokovic in the rooms of the Australian Open. His next stop, the first 1,000 masters of the season.