Top seed and World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat sixth seed Holger Rune of Denmark 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4 in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Wednesday, July 12. The 20-year-old Spaniard grew to become the youngest man to qualify for the final 4 at Wimbledon in the final 15 years.
Alcaraz will tackle third seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia in what guarantees to be an absorbing semifinal on Friday, June 14. The Russian doesn’t fee grass as his most favorite floor and Alcaraz’s kind on grass this yr ought to give him the higher hand in that conflict.
Their head-to-head is tied at 1-1 at the second, however the Spaniard stays a barely higher participant on grass. Medvedev’s superior serve, although, could assist him win some straightforward factors, which may make the distinction in the top.
On that observe, allow us to have a look at two things that stood out in the quarterfinal match between Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune.
#1. Carlos Alcaraz was the higher participant at the web:
Both Alcaraz and Rune performed drop pictures at moderately excessive frequency to pull one another to the web. However, the Spaniard had an higher hand in these exchanges most of the time along with his superior contact and volleying expertise.
Rune had an opportunity to interrupt Alcaraz in the ninth recreation of the primary set, because the latter trailed 0-30. However, the Spaniard saved himself with some assured tennis, together with an audacious volley.
The first set went right into a tie-break that the Spaniard finally received by hitting a stupendous return winner.
#2. Carlos Alcaraz returned very nicely in the match:
Alcaraz demonstrated the development in his return recreation all through the match. He hit just a few fantastic returns to place Rune’s second serve underneath stress. The Dane had the extra highly effective backhand of the 2, however Alcaraz’s superior defence, higher forehand and excellent returns gave him the higher hand.
The Spaniard received a break every in the second and third units to earn a snug win. Rune couldn’t return very nicely and couldn’t break the Spaniard even as soon as in the match.
Moreover, the Dane was in a position to win solely 58% of the factors on his second serve, whereas Alcaraz managed 75%.The stage is being set for a mouth-watering summit conflict between Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. It could be solely the third time that the 2 highest ranked gamers have met on the courtroom.
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