Alcaraz overwhelms Medvedev and reaches his first Wimbledon final

Triumph of the Spanish against the Russian by a triple 6-3

MADRID, 14 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz qualified this Friday for the final of the Wimbledon tournament, the third 'Grand Slam' of the season and which is played on grass in London (United Kingdom), after solidly beating the Russian Daniil Medvedev by a triple 6- 3 in just under two hours.

On Center Court at the All England Lawn Tennis

With 80% (16/20) of points won on the first serve, Alcaraz did not concede a single break point to Medvedev in the opening set. Although the Russian didn't make it easy for his opponent either, he faltered in the eighth game and paid dearly for it. Just one 'break' ball was enough for the man from El Palmar to break and take advantage (5-3).

Winning his blank serve, just then he closed that first set in his favor (6-3) and sent the Muscovite an implicit message. He had to row and row a lot to hurt the Murcian, who in the second game of the second set saved 30-40 with temper. To make matters worse, 'ipso facto', Alcaraz did break his rival's serve (2-1).

Medvedev had not made it easy for him, who ended up giving it up on the third break opportunity. From that moment on, the man from El Palmar did not hesitate in his serving turns and barely tried to find the 'tickles' at the service of his opponent. He managed the distance well and clinched the second set in 36 minutes.

At the beginning of the third set, the Murcian accelerated with a 3-0 run, having broken in the second game (2-0) against a Medvedev without finesse, uncomfortable on the grass of a stadium that had the player from the other as a favorite net side. After winning the fourth game with difficulties (3-1), the Muscovite prowled the comeback (3-2).

But he blamed, perhaps, a lack of faith against a dynamic Alcaraz in each upload to the network. In those parts, and at that point in the match, the Murcian wall was palpable on the track and also a mental obstacle for Medvedev. Not in vain, the Moscow tennis player was left without consolidating his previous break or another one in the seventh game (4-3).

In that curious dance of 'breaks', Alcaraz stood at 5-3 and left no more room for surprises. During the ninth rally, in his first option to seal the game at 40-30, the Murcian worked the point from every corner of the track and finished the game with a formidable right cross on the run.

Amid cheers, the man from El Palmar raised both arms in victory as a reflex action. Without delay, almost at the net, he squeezed Medvedev's hand and then the chair umpire's. And thus crystallized another communion with the Center Court; next Sunday he will seek the title right there, in his first Wimbledon final, against Serbian Novak Djokovic.