The Spaniard loses the first set, then gives no way to the rival. Now he will find the idol of the house who has passed Jarry after a marathon of over 4 hours
Carlos Alcaraz is there. In his own way, suffering and having fun, but the Spaniard is in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon after 6-7 (5) 6-4 6-4 in two hours and 43 minutes with which he spread on the central Andrey Rublev in the first challenge between the Top 20 of the 2025 edition of the Slam on the grass. His march continues with the consecutive victory number 22, the longest strip of his career, and number 16 on the grass (in Wimbledon now does not lose from 18 games and over 50 hours of play), but continues between those ups and downs that have distinguished the number 2 tournament in the world so far: it is wrong, tries to grow but when needed always makes the difference. Unlike Rublev, deluded from the first set won at the Tie-break, who with this has lost 11 of the 11 games played in his career in Slam against one of the best 5 in the world. Alcaraz instead now puts Cameron Norrie, the opponent on Tuesday, arrived in the quarterfinals with 6-3 7-6 (4) 6-7 (7) 6-7 (5) 6-3 in four hours and 27 ‘on the Chilean Jarry.
The keys
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Too many mistakes (36 not forced in the end), but also his best game of this Wimbledon with the service (22 Ace). A hyper start, at the level of that fourth set with Fabio Fognini at the debut in which “I no longer knew what to do”, ending up under 4-1, but then Alcaraz still did the best things, granting only one break to Rublev and frustrating his timid attempts to come back. Carlos deserved this comeback, and continues this parallel but contrary to Sinner’s path: Jannik has never gone beyond the two hours of play so far, Alcaraz always above; The blue looks like an almost perfect machine that only needs to be oiled and has not yet granted a set to the opponents while the Spaniard is capable of splendid sudden accelerations but is still looking for the rhythm, overcoming in three sets only the 733 of the Oliver Tarvet world. But he continues to win, to enchant that audience that he would never dream of pulling the strawberries for too much boredom, to go on with this strip of triumphs that lasts from the final lost in Barcelona at the end of April against Rune who now also includes 8 successes against the top 20 in the world. Alcaraz will not yet be at his best level, the one you need to win Wimbledon, but also in these conditions it remains taboo for the vast majority of colleagues. Including Rublev, slowly released of the game even at a mental level, and Norrie, opponent in the quarterfinals with which Alcaraz won 4 times out of 6 in his career.
The game
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Rublev runs away on 4-1 in the start, Carlitos immediately recovers the break, he earns the tie-break but ahead 5-3 gives 4 points in a row and the set goes to Rublev. The number 2 of the world returns to the game with the 6-3 of the 2nd set, built on the break at the eighth game. The two continue to make too many mistakes, but Alcaraz at the 7th game brings out a wonderful blow from the bottom of the field to snatch the service at the opponent and on that builds the 6-4 sealed as soon as the match enters the third hour. Alcaraz in the fourth set tears the service in Rublev from the fourth break ball of a fought fifth game: it becomes the milestone for the 6-4 that is worth this new victory.
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