On the grass, 24 out of 25 from the beginning of 2023. The number 2 of the world will face Jiri Lehecka in the final, who defeated the landlord Draper in three sets
Phenomenon level on the grass: activated. With a double 6-4 in less than an hour and a half on Roberto Bautista Agut, Carlos Alcaraz earns the Queen’s final where tomorrow will face the Czech Jiri Lehecka, who disappointing the local fans made Jack Draper out in the semifinal, but above all shows that his best level on the surface of Wimbledon is reached, ready to defend the throne of the Slam on the grass he has been dealing with two years. “I said at the beginning of the tournament that I am trying to build my trust with every game – the number 2 of the world told the field -. I feel more and more comfortable, I go back to the final here is special: we can say that I activated my Grass Mode”.
the records
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The 22 -year -old has collected some records with the victory over Bautista Agut: they are 250 in the APT tour in 311 games, a balance that makes him the third faster of the Open era at that finish line, behind only John Mcenroe (arrival at 250 wins in 307 games) and John Connors (310) but faster than Rafa Nadal (311). Alcaraz also reached 17 consecutive successes, continuing the best series of his career, to the fifth consecutive final (collection that Roland Garros has as a flagship and which also includes the defeat against Rune in Barcelona, which remains his only from April onwards) and won for the 24th time on the grass in 25 starting from the beginning of 2023.
top level
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In short, Alcaraz seems dominant just the moment he has to prepare Wimbledon. Against Bautista Agut at times he was unjustable, becoming dominant with the service, closing with 9 aces and making life impossible or almost his compatriot (Carlos does not lose from another Spaniard when Rafa Nadal bent him in the semifinal of Indian Wells 2022). Bautista Agut at 37 years old played chased his 24th ATP final in his career, but he had only one break ball throughout the match, without obviously being able to convert it. A monster found itself in front, a phenomenon that in a week at Queen’s after the short holiday in Ibiza Post Roland Garros grew up dysming and that approaches Wimbledon with the trust of those who feel more and more comfortable on grass but also with the humility of thinking that they are not yet perfect, of having to work so much. It is part of what makes Alcaraz special.
the game
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Special was immediately, since he slipped a sensational straight for the first point of the game and opened his turn to the second game with an ACE, after having forced Bautista Agut to cancel two break balls in the first game. The break Alcaraz torn him to the third, closing of personality on 6-4 in 42 ‘. In the second he did the same: break on the fifth game, solo until the grand finale with the unique break ball granted to the eighth game of the second set. Bautista Agut did not use it and surrendered 6-4 even in the second. Against one who activated the phenomenon level on the grass there was nothing more to do.
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