Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz continues to live up to his billing as tennis’ next superhero, moving within one victory of defending his Wimbledon title and becoming the sixth man to win the “Channel Slam”.
Carlos Alcaraz continues to live up to his billing as tennis’ next superhero, moving within one victory of defending his Wimbledon title and becoming the sixth man to win the “Channel Slam”.
The former world No.1, barely a month removed from knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, downed Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 7-6 , 6-4 in a high-quality second semi-final. “I don’t know if it was double bounce or not. I thought no. That was tricky,” Medvedev said post-match. Alcaraz’s strategy was to avoid being stuck in elongated rallies with Medvedev, who also ventured to the net 11 times more than any other match he played this year with mixed success.However, the third set kicked off with a dazzling 21-shot rally, during which Alcaraz scampered back to the baseline to hit a ’tweener to keep himself in the point before barely missing a crosscourt backhand that would have been a winner.
Musetti, playing his maiden grand slam semi-final as Djokovic clocked up No.49, held up his end of the bargain with some spectacular shot-making. But he will rue not capitalising on his second-set advantage, at a time the Serbian superstar ever-so-slightly dipped his level.
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