WIMBLEDON, England – Carlos Alcaraz is only a few months away from his twenty-first birthday, and this whole grand slam luck factor is already a little bit there for him.
Moving one step closer to a second consecutive Wimbledon title and fourth major championship overall, Alcaraz recovered from a poor start on Friday to defeat Daniil Medvedev 6-7(1), 6-3, 6-4, 6 in the center semi-finals. Defeated by -4. Court docket.
“I feel like I’m not new anymore. I feel like I know how I’m going to feel before a final. I’ve been in this situation before,” Alcaraz said. “I’ll try to do the things I did well last year and try to get better.”
Starting off so brilliantly throughout the set, Alcaraz again transformed into the loud, attacking, crowd-pleasing force that Denny was already becoming as the first teen. 1 in ATP scoring and is the youngest man to win a major trophy on three surfaces: grass, clay and crisp courts.
Now the Spaniard is one win away from joining Boris Becker and Bjorn Borg as the only men in the evidentiary event, which began in 1968, with a pair of championships at the All England Club before turning 22.
Alcaraz also won the US Evident in 2022 and the French Evident in the latter hour.
He leads 3-0 in major finals so far and could face 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic or Lorenzo Musetti on Sunday. The pair were playing in the second semi-final – the 49th appearance at that stage of the Grand Slam tournament for Djokovic, and the first for Musetti.
A year ago at Wimbledon, Alcaraz defeated 2021 US defending champion Medvedev in straight sets in the semi-finals before defeating Djokovic in five sets in the final.
This life, on a dark afternoon – the main stadium’s retractable roof was observed as there was not a single rain during the first week and a half of the tournament – Denny. No. 3-seeded Alcaraz went through some ups and downs toward Denny. 5 Medvedev, a 28-year-old Russian who was seeking his 7th career Slam title.
Alcaraz noted, “I was really nervous.” “He was dominating the match, playing great tennis… It was difficult for me.”
Sure, Medvedev took a 5-2 lead early on, but his play and his mood caused the nearest players to be in trouble.
Alcaraz needed to go in at 5-4 with a shade shot that chair umpire Eva Asderaki ruled – accurately, according to TV replays – bounced twice before Medvedev gave the ball a racket. . It seemed as if it would curse later, and at the next climb I was sick of my seat bickering with event referee Dennis Parnell all the way through the following change, Asderaki continuing to blackmail Medvedev for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Did.
He regrouped briefly and had the best tiebreaker of that entire set.
After this, it was Alcaraz’s turn to move in the right direction, which could not continue for long.
Medvedev’s three forehand errors turned into cracks for Alcaraz and a 2–1 lead in the third set was secured with a backhand winner that leveled at 27-strokes, the longest score of the match. The enthusiastic people roared and stood up; Alcaraz put his index finger to his ear, and the noise grew louder.
Leading 4-3 in the fourth, they needed one last crack at it when Medvedev sent a backhand long, sat down on the nearest sideline chair, watched from the stands with his two coaches, and began muttering and pointing.
That’s what Alcaraz can do to an opponent.
Almost every time Alcaraz emitted one of his two-syllable grunts while moving rapidly forward, the audience gasped loudly, regardless of whether the aim was sustained or not. In a consistent abundance, that did not happen: 24 of the match’s 28 forehand winners were produced through Alcaraz’s racquet.
Needless to mention, this is hardly his only talent. He was very good on the internet, whether serving and volleying or otherwise, winning 38 out of 53 points when he got going. He got three points in the opening set using shade shots.
As bad as he is at his competitive best, his safety is also surprising.
Sometimes, it feels like a business is never finished until it takes a decision. And if it seems that way from the relief of the stands, just consider how frustrating it must be for enemies. At one point, Alcaraz left a skid mark several feet long in the grass as he ran down the nearest slide to reach the ball, seemingly just out of reach. He sent a lob that took Medvedev up in response.
However, Alcaraz was keen not to get into the type of fundamental problems that Medvedev likes. Of the 244 points in the semi-finals, only 38 points lasted 9 or more shots.
“I tried not to play long rallies. I tried to hit slices, drop shots. Tried to get to the net as much as I could,” Alcaraz said. “Tried not to play his game.”
In addition to the Wimbledon men’s final, Sunday’s sporting schedule includes the full men’s soccer EU Championship in Germany, where Spain will play England.
When Alcaraz hinted during his on-court interview by saying, “It’s going to be a really good day for the Spanish people too,” he was criticized by the locals. Alcaraz smiled and said: “I didn’t say Spain was going to win. I just said it was going to be a really fun, fun day.”
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