Alcaraz beat Lajovic to reach the last 16

Carlos Alcaraz is in grace. Everything is coming out. He needed only 1 hour and 10 minutes to beat Daniil Medvedev, who had no choice but to surrender to the excellent game of the El Palmar tennis player in the Indian Wells final. Against Facundo Bagnis in the second round in Miami, gave up only two games in the match that lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. And in the third round, he got another ‘donut’ in just 32 minutes in the first set against Dusan Lajovic in the match he solved in 1 hour and 31 minutes.

On a track as fast as Miami’s, The man from Murcia feels like he’s playing beach on the couch at home.. Movement speed destroys enemies. An experienced player, the Serb found an early service break and was out of the centre. It didn’t matter whether the first serve entered or not. He didn’t see a way to break the world’s number one beat, which is a wall, without making the most important mistake.

Serbian player needed seven games to win his first game. It was even the first of a second set, perhaps because Alcaraz felt so superior that he decided not to push the machine any further. In any case, Juan Carlos Ferrero’s student made a difference in the third and managed to make another break in the fourth of the match, scoring 2-1 and confirming the advantage in the next match (3-1). He saved a compromising situation for the Serb in game seven when he lifted a ‘time out’ ball from the world leader to prevent the game from getting into an already insurmountable situation (4-3).

Lajovic seized the opportunity

But in the tenth game, He gave Lajovic two ‘intermediate’ balls after an error on the net. The first was saved by a perfect first serve, but the second time he threw a diagonal backhand, allowing the Serbian player to equalize the set (5-5) and had the opportunity to at least force sudden death with the serve. well done (5-6) turned around an almost lost arm. Alcaraz regained his concentration and forced a ‘tie break’ with a strong first serve (6-6).

Alcaraz, who achieved a ‘mini-break’ at the first point in sudden death, took the lead with a clear score of 3-0.. Lajovic was once again seen in reserve. He recovered himself when he made the situation 3-1 but again a ‘mini-timeout’ came from Murcia (4-1). He was two points away from the win with an ‘ace (6-2) and then had four sets of balls with the rest. The first failed and the second went. The third time, with his serve after missing the first serve, a drop shot landed in the net, leaving him only one chance to close the game. And he took advantage of that with the winning backhand hit that went into the corner.

Demand level is rising

Now, as he has to face Murcian tennis player Tommy Paul, whom he has only seen face once, the level of demand is apparently increasing. He was in round 16 of the Canadian Masters 1,000 a year ago. Alcaraz, who won the first set with sudden death, lost the second set in the ‘tie break’ and was eliminated in the third set.. It was a rare match for the player from Murcia, the first of his North American tour that began in August. It ended with his first Grand Slam title in New York.

Paul, 25 years old, He is 19th in the standings and has only won one trophy in his career. This course He was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open, where he lost to Novak Djokovic and then became a finalist in Acapulco, losing to Australian Alex de Minaur in the final. He ended up in the 16th round against Félix Auger-Aliassime at Indian Wells. In total, he has 16 wins and 5 losses, two of which were in Miami. Exempted in the first round, Paul defeated Swiss Marc-Andrea Heusler in the second round and defeated Malaga’s Alejandro Davidovich in the second round (6-3, 7-5).