Murcian Carlos Alcaraz Garfia After defeating the Norwegian in two sets, he booked a place in the semi-finals of the ATP 500 in Beijing. Casper RuudWorld number 9 (6-4, 6-2) in just one and a half hours of play. The player from El Palmar did not give up as he did in the last 16 rounds with Lorenzo Musetti in this tournamentHe will continue to progress in his return after reaching the semi-finals of the US Open.

In a tougher game than the scoreboard reflects, The ball rhythm applied by the world’s number 2 with his forehand shot broke the resistance of the opponent who took more physical punishment. For his tough match against Argentinian Tomás Martín Etcheverry.

Comeback in the first set

The conflict began with an interminable first game that lasted up to fifteen minutes. Murcia Up to five balls were broken which he could not capitalize on. He was surprised by Ruud, who broke his serve in the second minute and uncomfortably made it 0-3. But then Alcaraz reached the boiling point and began to bring it out with great efficiency. He recovered after the break and equalized the duel by adding five more games in a row; The last one left his opponent blank, as he also did in the tenth game, which gave him the first set.

Second most comfortable set

Ruud, who converted the first game into a goal by serving in the second set, gathered his feelings, but Alcaraz’s intervention in the third set put him ahead on the scoreboard (2-1). Successful on serve, the Murcian cruised to their 61st victory of the year with only seven defeats.. Ruud improved to 0-40 in the seventh game, but the Murcian’s brilliance gave him the opportunity to break serve again; After pushing away the rest of his opponent, he managed to take part in this set with a score of 5-2. He had the opportunity to close the conflict by serving.

The game was shut down by Alcaraz at the first opportunity, without giving Ruud the option to recover, already resigned to his fate.. The Murcian had two match points but only needed one as the Norwegian put the ball into the net following a backhand shot.

The Murcian will face the winner of the duel between Grigor Dimitrov and Jannik Sinner this Tuesday. On the other side of the draw, Daniil Medvedev needed three sets to beat Ugo Umbert. His opponent in the semi-finals will be Alexander Zverev, who defeated Chilean Nicolas Jarry in a tough match that required three sets. The final will be held on Wednesday at 13.30.