Last night and early this morning, Madrid Open had just entered the quarterfinals. In particular, the focus is the competition between the No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz and Karen Khachanov.
Entering set 1, the two players create a fairly balanced game. However, in Game 7, Alcaraz took advantage of the opportunity to win the first break of the match. He then kept the advantage until the end of the set to win 6-4.
Set Set 2, Khachanov suddenly rises strongly. The Russian player won the previous break and game 3 and led to 4-1. Coming to Game 6, Alcaraz also faces 2 more break Points, but has successfully neutralized.
It seemed that Khachanov would keep the advantage until the end of the set to equalize 1-1, but that did not happen. Accordingly, Alcaraz has shown a great bravery to win 2 consecutive breaks in games 9 and 11, thereby ending set 2 with a 7-5 victory.
In the end, Alcaraz defeated Khachanov with a score of 6-4, 7-5 and officially won tickets to this year's Madrid Open semi-finals. Sharing after the match, the No. 1 seed could not hide the joy:
“This is a quite difficult match, even the first set too. Sang the second set, I was in trouble. Khachanov won the break first and had two breaks to have a second break. Therefore, it was difficult for me to come back.
Fortunately, I know I still have the opportunity to do that. I tried to grasp and was happy when everything was successful. I always tell myself a lot throughout the match, that it is not impulsive in important times, ”Alcaraz said.
In the semi -finals, Alcaraz will encounter Borna Coric. The Croatian player has just defeated Daniel Altmaier with a score of 6-3, 6-3.
