by Carlos Alcaraz came through the fire at a blast furnace one day. The double Wimbledon champion took over the power and surcharge of Taylor Fritz as well as the temperatures that rose to 31 ° C to achieve its third Wimbledon final in a row.
Some have suggested that Wimbledon was a little slow this year. But this semi -finals had the quick rattling and sums of an old -fashioned grass court. The serve was dominant, the points short, the edges slim. But in the end Alcaraz had just enough when he came through a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (6).
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“It was a really difficult game,” admitted the Spaniard. “Even harder with the conditions. It was really hot again today. It wasn’t easy with the pressure of a semi -finals. I was just really proud of how I stayed calm and thought clearly.”
We have got used to the fact that Alcaraz is Wimbledon’s biggest showman. But in the course of almost three hours of convincing tennis, he often resembled bot. Again and again he beat aces or not reconcilable. He won 88% of the points on the first serve. And incredibly served and volleye so much that he won 31 out of 41 points on the net. Squin and it could have been almost Pistol Pete Sampras in his heyday.
Fritz came to this semi -finals after sending 95 ass in Wimbledon this year, the second only won Nicolas Jarry, and 93% of his service games. But he maintains two noticeable defects. He doesn’t like to hit his backhand. And although he is 6 feet with a long wingspan, it is that he comes into the net with the same suspicion as vegetarians.
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It also did not help that Alcaraz has the sounding ability to take over his opponent’s power and how the Marvel Superhelde -rogue uses him against him. That was evident from the opening point of the game. Fritz sent down a 135 km / h thunderbolt, only so that Alcaraz returns him with interest, spit back his opponent and then wins the point with an exquisite drop -shot.
Before the American knew it, he was 15-40 below and faced two stops. The first was saved with an 115 km / h -Ace broadness to Alcaraz. But in the next network cable gave him an immediate break.
This turned out to be sufficient when Alcaraz raced through the first set 6-4 in just 36 minutes. In this phase he was incredible and won all 15 points on the first serve. But Fritz didn’t play badly in this first game. He easily won his service games and also had muscle memory to win two tournaments on grass in Stuttgart and Eastbourne to come to Wimbledon.
The question was that he could get into the Alcaraz surcharge? The answer was. But it took time. He finally won a point for the Spaniard’s first serve in the second set and earned his first break point at 4: 3 when Alcaraz was distracted by two delays caused by the collapse and treatment of spectators.
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Alcaraz replied with a non -fixed 135 km / h surcharge before taking the next two points, but Fritz clearly read his opponent better. At 6-5, he suddenly had three setpoint points after a double mistake by the defending champion. And when a forehand went long, Fritz was broken to love and it was a set.
The dynamics seemed to be with the American, but surprisingly, he decided to take a break. And after winning the first game on serving, he lost 13 points in a row when Alcaraz went 3-1 and took control. A second break followed when the Spaniard took the third set 6-3.
At the beginning of the fourth, Alcaraz was immediately on his serve by 0 to 30 problems. His answer? To meet a 134 km / h -ass and win the next three points. At 3: 2 to Alcaraz it was Fritz ‘it was to worry when he was opposed to a stop at 30-40. He survived again.
Then the fourth set stormed into simple holding and we were into a tie. It was Alcaraz who hit first. He reacted sharply to a Fritz drop shot, sent him backwards with a praise and put the blow away. Soon he was 4-1 before and the winning line was in sight.
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But Fritz refused to stir. He pulled it back to 4: 3 with two big services and then thundered a rare backhand winner across the board and hit a great forehand to make it 5-4. A 140 km / h surcharge made it 6-4 and gave it two setpoint points.
Alcaraz saved the first by somehow giving back a 134 km / h surcharge before winning a long rally, and then asked the next two points to earn match points. When Fritz was wrong, it was over. But he knew it was a fight.
With this victory, Alcaraz is up to his sixth Grand Slam final. It is an impressive performance, especially since it only became 22 in May. And the bad news for whoever he meets in the final? Alcaraz has won the last five.
