New crash Carlos Alcaraz in the ATP Finals, this time against Alexander Zverev. Undeniable, confident and with a great service, the German appeared in this Friday’s match against an Alcaraz that did not play badly, but he was defeated by the superiority of his rival.
The match ended 7-6 (5) and 6-4 and saw Alcaraz eliminated because, although Rublev beats Ruud this afternoon, the percentage of sets and games won does not benefit him. Now, the man from El Palmar has to look at the Davis Cup that will start next week. For his part, the German, with his victory, has not only secured a place in the semifinals, also be a group leader and therefore avoid Sinner
The match began with maximum equality both in the score and in the service. Both maintaining their serve, playing a lot from the back of the court and making few mistakes. Without clear control of either of the two, not even in their service, except on the Alcaraz side, by taking 5-5 with a blank game.
However, the German woke up again and took his serve again. After that, it was Alcaraz’s turn to serve in a game that complicated the Murcian and in which there were 40 of the same. But finally the one from El Palmar knew how to take advantage of his service and forced the tie-breaker.
The German went 5-2 after an unanswerable serve, a great forehand and a miss from Murcia. But Alcaraz knew how to make it 5-3 thanks to a passing parallel and add another point to get closer to 5-4. However, the joy was short-lived, as he made an incomprehensible mistake so that Zverev dreamed of taking the first set. With the score at 6-5, Alcaraz rushed in and He made a mistake that gave the German the first heat.
A complicated second round
The second set did not start well for the Murcian, since in the first game the German broke his serve as soon as it began. Nervous, desperate and making inexplicable mistakes, sHe found himself 2-0 down against a very confident Zverev.
The conversations with Ferrero seemed to give some air to Alcaraz who, although with difficulties, took his serve and thus reached 4-3. Alcaraz kept trying, but the German was getting everything, even the ones that seemed like he wouldn’t make it. He couldn’t break the serve and, finally, ended with the score of 6-4 in the second set.