Carlos Alcaraz showed his best version once again after making a dubious start against Nicola Kuhn at the Hamburg Open. Murcian faced his forward again in the second set, especially in the second set, which he dominated with the desire to close the match. But the truth is Krajinovic didn’t make it easy in the first setAlcaraz needed to row to retake his serve and eventually win with a spectacular tie-break.
In the first set, Carlos Alcaraz has had his ups and downs, but he finally brought it out with his style. He needed to reach the tie-break to beat a great Filip Krajinovic, but there, as against Nicola Kuhn, he put his best repertoire to win the first set.
The set went smoothly, with Carlos Alcaraz making his first two serves, and Krajinovic doing the same. It wasn’t until the fifth Play As the Serb’s tremors began, he managed to break Murcian’s serve and won his serve, confirming the timeout. In the blink of an eye, Murcian were two games behind, which lasted until 3-5. That’s when Alcaraz woke up and won two straight games to straighten the gap and then took a 6-5 lead, but gave his best before the tie-break. He made it difficult as he lost 2-4 and backed up five points in a row to make the final 7-6.
Started the second set well.
With a much warmer arm already and with the extra energy to win such a complex first arm, Carlos Alcaraz began unleashing his right, synonymous with missile after missile. Krajinovic made his first serve, but could not do anything against the strength of the El Palmar tennis player who confirmed the time-out on the second serve (3-1).
Krajinovic’s morale plummeted in the following games and he could no longer stand the rallies that Alcaraz forced him to play from the start. In fact, he lost his serve again (4-1) to put Murcian in a very fit position for the win in the next match.
When the match seems completely over, The Serbian player broke Carlos Alcaraz’s serve (4-2) to come back and won his serve (4-3). But all Krajinovic’s efforts to return were in vain as Carlos Alcaraz returned to manage and won the last two games in a row to secure his place in the quarterfinals.
Murcian to be measured later to Karen Khachanov this Fridaybefore his training partner will launch open Hamburglooking for the semi-finals of the tournament. Russia was number 26 in the world and beat the round Fabio Fognini in a tough duel (6-3, 7-5).