6-1, 6-7(7), 5-7, 7-6(2) and 6-4 victory in the second round, in four hours and 34 minutes, followed by a 3-0 loss in the fifth set
At the edge of the abyss, sometimes recognizable, because of the good deed of his opponent, Carlos Alcaraz saved a equal points and a 3-0 deficit in the fifth set and a 6-1, 6-7 (7), 5-7, 7-6 (2) and 6-4 loss to Albert Ramos-Violas in four hours and 34 minutes, qualifying. For the third round of Roland Garros. In one of the matches that also marked the trajectory of the great tennis players, in the absence of their best game, the sixth seed used flair, resilience and courage to eliminate the intelligent opposition of the Barcelona player, who Crashed the forehand. Nets 5-4 and 40-30 on the fourth set with serves and two partials for an advantage.
It was a different version of Mercian, defined at the point with which he achieved certain break In the ninth game of the fifth set, after chasing down several impossible balls and forcing his opponent’s fault, he threw his racket into the mud as evidence of his frustration. We haven’t seen a creative and audacious tennis player of other occasions, but she is a warrior who is capable of breaking out of odd situations.
Rarely has he been seen as overwhelmed this season as in several moments this Wednesday. Neither in his two confrontations with Nadal, nor against him Novak Djokoviknor in the first two of the current course tsitsipaso, He has only three defeats, faced against berettini In Australia, two more saves were to be made against Nadal at Indian Wells and against Korda in Monte Carlo. match points Adverse Alex de Miouri in the semi-finals at Barcelona, but since his appearance he did not express the sense of nervousness he had experienced against Ramos-Violas.
74 unexpected errors
On a windy afternoon in Paris, Simone Mathieu Court, third in the venue’s hierarchy, enjoyed a spectacular intergenerational confrontation, a duel between a 19-year-old newcomer who exploded with the force of thunder and a 34-year-old veteran fighter who had strategically He gave an example of farsightedness and belligerence. Alcaraz overcame 74 unforced errors and balanced eight of 31 off the balls break,
the unexpected in a tournament with winks, where Stephanos Tsitsipas You Alexander Zverev He picked up two unfavorable sets against Lorenzo Musetti You Sebastine BezuAlkaraj also came out alive from a match to the extent that he would surely come out fresh, Alkaraz is also a nightmare for his compatriots, whom he defeats regardless of rank. This season he has defeated Roberto Bautista (Indian Wells) consistently. jam munari (RO and Barcelona), pablo cario (Barcelona) and Rafael NadalWhich he defeated in Madrid after taking the third set at Indian Wells and now Ramos-Violas.
After being overwhelmed in the first set, the Catalan, an intelligent player who knew how to annoy his rivals, especially on clay, was bringing his services forward, causing damage and reducing the score. . Mercian was trailing 5-4 and 0-30 in the second set, but did not move his hand. Nor did the same trance suffocate the restlessness two games later, climbing the net and with a drop. It did not reach them in an irregular playoff, which they dropped on the third occasion. Alkraj did not get his answer. Frustrated, he let an opponent stay faithful to his script, opening the track well and working on the essential points. Ramos-Violas, who had lost in his last two matches with him but always fought a fight, also won the third and the match was in hand. Alcaraz re-emerged in a row until certain kick-off, in a performance that, though faded, adds brightness to his portrait.
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