Carlos Alcaraz gains height in Germany. After a somewhat hesitant start in Hamburg, the Spaniard qualified this Saturday for the final of the German tournament after beating the Slovak ambition of Murcia in the second act of the match. Alcaraz will fight this Sunday for the title against the Italian Musetti, who knocked out the Argentine Cerúndolo in the other semifinal.
The dirty all in Alcaraz in Hamburg, smiles non-stop and raises his arm with the same energy as always. Complicit glances at Ferrero, always attentive to the movements of his pupil on German soil, happy for the forceful tennis that the Murcian's racket gives off, which even allows him to compare himself on social networks with Flash, the fastest superhero in the world. He appeared before the Slovakian Molcan like a typhoon, taking risks at every point, at every blow, his self-confidence allowed him to peer into the abyss without even flinching. His rival, however, did not feel caught and with the serve gave the Spaniard the occasional lesson, as in the third game, tied authoritatively by the Central European, without points from Alcaraz.
The number six in the world raised the temperature little by little, alternating hard blows with his classic drop shots, smooth as silk, but Molcan did not lose his mind, weaved good moves and held Alcaraz's type. Equality dominated and the Teutonic public anxiously waited for one of the two contenders to light the duel. But every time the Spaniard tried to take off, the Slovak grabbed his ankle and canceled his flight. Molcan, number 48 in the world, wielded blows of excellent quality and Alcaraz, who did not quite get the pulse of the reverse, began to accumulate some unforced errors, irregularities that ended the first set in a funnel. The exchange was glorious, neither backed down in the battle to tie the first notch of the duel. Alcaraz had two set points but the Slovak, very serious, managed to prolong his hopes.
Molcan was the man who was always there, perfectly placed and with the racket always loaded, forcing Alcaraz to go to the end, he didn't give him anything. He was sweating Spanish after Friday's exhibition against Khachanov, the Russian finished in just over an hour, and the tie break appeared on the inevitable horizon. Despite a long-suffering habit, the Spanish, like, was a teacher in the face of the tide of tension. Confident and incisive, he struck hard and avoided frivolity, while his rival, who had been having a great game up to that point, had her legs trembling. The Spaniard closed the first set with a beautiful drop shot.
The punch went straight to Molcan's stomach and Alcaraz turned on the steamroller. The match, caged in its beginnings by equality, ran unhindered towards the victory of the Spaniard, who was smiling on the bench because the wind was entirely favorable to him. The returned everything to the Slovak and he ended up shooting himself in the foot. Mercilessly and with ambition, the Murcian closed the second set quickly and this Sunday he will opt to win the fifth tournament of the season.
