An unstoppable Carlos Alcaraz has been forced to show Your best version About the grass afternoon this Friday. And is that the Murcian tennis player beat a battling Arthur Rinderknech in two sets per 7-5 y 6-4 to achieve the semifinals of ATP 500 of Queen’s. There already awaits Roberto Bautista, who later defeated Danish Holger Rune by 7-6, 6-7 and 6-2 so that Spain has A finalist from our country in the grand final of Sunday.
It has not been Alcaraz's best game, because it is true that today was not the day. Despite this, the Spanish has been shown Very intelligentespecially after taking advantage of two possibilities of break to knock down his French rival who was really grown. And it is that Alcaraz regained his breath after the battle of three and a half hours that starred yesterday against Jaume Munar And he gave his best at key moments of the game to be among the four best.
“I don't know how I keep standing”Alcaraz confessed Thursday night. Less than 24 hours later, the El Palmar played with trade and adding his service just like the Frenchman. With the arrival of the decisive games, in the eleventh, Rinderknech felt the pressure of an Alcaraz that continues to show its perfect adaptation to the grass looking at a third consecutive Wimbledon.
It was when he Five Grand Slass champion He took advantage of a couple of mistakes of his rival, consumed the 'break'And then the first set. In the second manga, Alcaraz imposed gallons, he smell the blood of his rival again when he squeezed the rest aggressively in the fifth game. Thanks to that rent and more first, you were more than enough for number two in the world, to finalize the clash in little over an hour. With this great victory, the Spanish tennis player lengthens The best triumph streak in his career (16).
It should be remembered that the young man of The palmar It came from imposing itself in the sixteenth-end to Adam Walton 6-4 and 7-6, a clash that would actually have had to dispute before Alejandro Davidovichbut the Malaga finally did not participate.
Already in the eighths he crossed against Munar that things put very complicated as we have mentioned previously. Alcaraz had to sweat the beautiful to defeat the Balear in tres sets and with another comeback included. Finally the brand new champion of Roland Garros He beat his compatriot 6-4, 6-7 and 7-5 to continue alive in this British championship.
It should be noted that Alcaraz has already managed to be crowned in the Queen's Tournamentsince he did it in 2023. His goal is to lift the trophy for the second time and thus match a Feliciano López That he is the only Spanish tennis player who has managed to take him twice. Rafa Nadal He only has one in his record, which was the one he won in 2008.
