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Alcaraz confirmed the advantage and is 5-2 in the third. He is also attentive to the instructions given to him from the bank.
The Spaniard breaks the German’s serve at zero and leads 4-2. Somehow, he returned to the solidity of the first set.
“If you get angry you can’t think,” coach Juan Carlos Ferrero told him from the bench, his tennis player, who nodded in agreement. Tension increases in Paris.
Carlos Alcaraz stabilizes the ship a bit and is now 2-1 in the third set. He was surprised by Zverev, who, far from being intimidated by the lost first set, changed in time and took the second set from him. Everything is very even,
Zverev made a timely change, changing speeds and heights, and took the second set to go 3-6 and 6-2 in one hour and 40 minutes. His challenge from now on is to continue varying and confusing Carlitos, on some occasion he spoke to the bank looking for answers. The German committed only 4 unforced errors against 14 by his rival. Additionally, he converted two break opportunities in seven total and won 80% of his points on his first serve.
Both stars are giving away some amazing points. Among them, a gem from Zverev to take the lead towards 4-2. And not satisfied with that, he broke again and went 5-2 with his serve.
Zverev takes the lead on the scoreboard for the first time: he broke in the second set and, even with difficulties due to the wind, he was 3-2 with his serve, to begin to generate the first doubts in Carlitos. Afterwards, he confirmed the break of serve and moved up 4-2.
Carlos Alcaraz He won the first set 6-3 against the German Alexander Zverev in the final of Roland Garros. Finally, in 43 minutes, Nadal’s successor for Spain took the opening set, after demonstrating total control after the first doubts. He took the center of the court and dominated, until closing the set without difficulties under the sun on Sunday in Paris. Alcaraz took advantage of 3 of 5 break chances, committed 10 unforced errors (the same as his opponent) and had 8 winners against his opponent’s three.
Carlos Alcaraz He won the first set 6-3 against the German Alexander Zverev in the final of Roland Garros. Finally, in 43 minutes, Nadal’s successor for Spain took the opening set, after demonstrating total control after the first doubts. He took the center of the court and dominated, until closing the set without difficulties under the sun on Sunday in Paris.
The first stages of the match started in the worst way for Zverev, because he started with two double faults, changed rackets and suffered the first break. But the same nerves caught Alcaraz at the beginning, and he couldn’t hold his serve in the first game either. However, the Spaniard began to show the best of his talent and put pressure on the German; His reward was the break, to settle 3 to 2 in the first set. .
What does the history say? Zverev is one game ahead of Alcaraz in head-to-head matches. They met 9 times on the professional circuit: The German won 5 times and the Spanish triumphed 4 times. The last clash occurred this year, in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, with victory for Carlitos 6-3 and 6-1.
The only certainty, up to this point, is that an unprecedented champion will be crowned and take the title of Novak Djokovic, who withdrew from the competition due to injury. Both advanced to the decisive match, leaving behind two other heavyweights: the 21-year-old Spaniard by beating the Italian Jannik Sinnerimminent number 1 in world tennis, and Zverev, 27, to the Norwegian Casper Ruudseventh in the ranking and finalist in the last two versions.
Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev are looking for what they don’t have: their first title at Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. The Spaniard, identified as a candidate to take over from Rafael Nadal, appears as a favorite against the German, who at 27 years old is looking to make the big splash on the clay of Paris. The final is televised by ESPN and Star+ from 10.
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