Carlos Alcaraz is starting to feel like a veteran on grass, despite playing in only the third tournament of his young career on the surface. (More Tennis News)
The 20-year-old Spaniard reached his first ATP final on grass and moved one win away from reclaiming the top ranking by taking out Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 at the Queen바카라s Club Championships.
Carlos Alcaraz is starting to feel like a veteran on grass, despite playing in only the third tournament of his young career on the surface. (More Tennis News)
The 20-year-old Spaniard reached his first ATP final on grass and moved one win away from reclaiming the top ranking by taking out Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 at the Queen바카라s Club Championships on Saturday.
바카라Right now I feel like I바카라m playing for 10 years on grass, it바카라s something crazy for me,바카라 Alcaraz said. 바카라I didn바카라t expect to adapt my movement, my game so fast on grass. I바카라m really happy with that.
바카라Since the first match, I feel the love from the crowd. I would say that it바카라s impossible to win these kind of matches without them, without the energy they bring to me.바카라
Alex de Minaur stands between Alcaraz and the trophy and No. 1 ranking.
Alcaraz is wary of him.
바카라It바카라s going to be a big challenge for me. His game is really good on grass,바카라 Alcaraz said. 바카라He serves so flat. He바카라s going to be very dangerous.바카라
Alcaraz and Korda played their first career semifinal on grass.
Korda, the first American to reach the Queen바카라s semifinals in 11 years, served nine aces but also double-faulted six times. His slice was regularly punished by Alcaraz바카라s heavy forehands.
Alcaraz won the only break point of the second set and held on.
Victory would give the U.S. Open champion his fifth title of the year, his 11th tour title overall and move the 20-year-old Spaniard above Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings 바카라 meaning he would also enter Wimbledon next month as the No. 1 seed. Last year, Alcaraz lost in the fourth round to Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon.
The second-seeded Holger Rune also came to London never having won a tour-level match on grass, like Alcaraz.
De Minaur knocked out Rune 6-3, 7-6 (2), saving the three break points he faced and breaking the 20-year-old Dane바카라s serve twice.
De Minaur has pedigree on grass. The Australian won Eastbourne in 2021 and reached the Wimbledon last 16 in 2022.
바카라I have played decent on grass and I am having a good week, and this was my best performance of the week,바카라 he said.
De Minaur won the biggest title of his career 바카라 and his seventh 바카라 in February at Acapulco.