The Spaniard beat the Argentine 6-0 and 6-4 in less than an hour and a half and is now meeting with the Italian Giulio Zeppieri
For his part, the transalpine beat Bernabé Zapata 7-5 and 6-4 and avoided the Spanish duel in the semifinals
Carlos Alcaraz accelerated this Friday towards the semifinals of the Umag Tournament (Croatia) by defeating the Argentine Facundo Bagnis, 120 in the world, by a resounding 6-0 and 6-4 after one hour and 24 minutes of a match in which the current champion was far superior to his rival from start to finish .
In the first duel between both tennis players, the Murcian came out like a cyclone. Effective with his serve and brilliant and effective to the rest, he knew how to take advantage of three of the six break balls of which he had to win the first set by a resounding 6-0 after 27 minutes in which he exhibited the best of his repertoire.
Bagnis, who suffered from nerves when facing the number five in the world and one of the fittest players on the circuit, was unable to stop him and could not find the formula to hurt the Spaniard. The second set began with the same script as the previous one, with Alcaraz breaking the Argentine’s serve. to the first change and then taking his eighth consecutive game.
The ninth was the charm. Bagnis put another gear into his tennis, he let go and finally managed to release his marker, which was highly celebrated by the Croatian public. The quarterfinal crossing was balanced, although the Murcian tennis player knew how to keep his serve until the end and, after taking advantage of his second match point, sealed his ticket to the semifinals.
This Saturday the fifth racket of the circuit will play the pass to the match for the title against the Italian Giulio Zeppieri, 20 years old and 168 in the ATP ranking, who unraveled the Spanish Bernabé Zapata in his quarterfinal match 7-5 and 6-4.