Alcaraz adds and follows a new victory at the China Open. This time against the Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov, after beating him in two sets 5-7 and 2-6 in a match in which he started with doubts and ended up sweeping, demonstrating his best game.
All this to get a ticket to the semifinals of the tournament, where he will face another Russian, this time against Daniil Medvedevwho beat the Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-2 and 6-4 and who only For a few days he was his teammate in the Laver Cup.
Likewise, the Spaniard, after beating number 27 in the ATP ranking, recovers number two in the world and will play its sixth semifinal of this season.
The Spaniard began the match with doubts in a first set in which he was not finding his best game and in which unforced errors were weighing on him. All this before a Khachanov who was standing out for its great service, managing to sign several consecutive direct serves.
So much so that the Murcian needed 64 minutes, two breaks in nine opportunities to make them, to tie the first set, which ended 7-5. Khachanov began giving Alcaraz problems and tried to take the fourth game with a breaking ball.
A complicated start to the game
But the tennis player from El Palmar He managed to react and the match was becoming more and more even. However, the Russian tennis player did not give up and put himself ahead of the Murcian again with a 4-3 and, after that, with a 5-4 after lifting up to three balls of break.
The Murcian reacted to avoid losing the first set, climbing further into the net and attacking to escape a possible tie-breaker and sign a 5-7 for him.
New game and new match. In the second set, Alcaraz seemed different, much more involved in the match and failing less, the Palmar player began to be unstoppable. Drop shots, volleys, cuts… trademark.
The Russian kept trying, becoming more desperate and making unforced errors, his serve was no longer enough to stop the Murcian, who managed to sweep the second set 2-6. to win the match and advance in the China Open.
