Cincinnati It demands strength and resistance to fall heat. «I am from Murcia»He replied Alcaraz With a smile and the ticket to the round of 16 in your pocket. Will look for the rooms against Nardian old friend of his adolescence. The Italian and the Murcia played one of their first clashes in the group stage of the London Masters U14 that the Murcian took the end.
Both tennis players, from the same generation, were growing although at different rhythms. While Nardi has not yet released his showcase, Alcaraz already brings together five Grand Slam and an Olympic silver. «We played a couple of times when we were children. We were 13 or 14 years old, and he always won. I never defeated it, I never had a chance. When we were 14 and 16 years old, we played the same tournaments, but then he grew A little earlier, ”said the Italian.
They are known, they know the strengths and weaknesses of their game. «The first time we played was perhaps in Space. He beat me easily. I always played every blow: left, strong blows. It has always been the same. Although at that time it was hard for him to maintain the level, that was his weakness. When he managed to keep the stable pace he knew he would be one of the most dangerous players, ”he explained.
Alcaraz and Nardi maintain a good relationship that was closer during adolescence. They uploaded photos to social networks together where they were laughing and joking. The comments of the Murcian to Italian in the publications reflected. «I love you, uncle. I miss you», He wrote accompanied by emoticons of hearts. Cincinnati is the second season of his duel in the ATP. The first was in Doha at the beginning of the year.
Also in the round of 16. They drawn an intense game and marked by an Alcaraz disconnection in the second set that Nardi took advantage of to tie and force the last manga. The first one had taken Carlitos on the fast track. Nardi, who was fiery in the territory of the challengerbetween the 100 best in the world broke into the mercy of victories such as the one achieved last year before Djokovic in Indian Wells.
From his argument to harvest that triumph, he showed the second set to advance, when he went from dominated to dominator after getting used to the Murcian's ball rhythm. When Nardi's impetus took temperature, Alcaraz kept cold to stop him and not fall into excessive hurry beyond specific moments. Finally the game and the pass to the rooms went to the Spanishsame outcome he hopes to have in Cincinnati.
