MADRID, 24 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz beat his compatriot Roberto Carballés 6-2, 6-1 this Sunday and qualified for the round of 32 of the Miami tournament (Florida, USA), the second Masters 1,000 of the season in the ATP and it is played on a hard court.
At Hard Rock Stadium, a great image of Alcaraz was seen from the start. In the rest, the Murcian placed 15-40 and took advantage of the situation immediately. He consolidated that advantage with his first turn of service, saving three break balls thanks to his intimidation and his talent at the net.
After having wasted that 0-40, Carballés did not enjoy any more break options in the entire first set. To make matters worse, in the fifth game he committed two double faults that caused him to lose another serve (4-1) and go against the storm of an opponent who was successful in his drive and with lethal volleys.
Alcaraz won a dozen points with climbs in the middle of the track, although the Tenerife native fought the entire first round on the baseline. At the break between sets, the one from El Palmar was so relaxed that he hummed a version of the song ‘Suavemente’, by Elvis Crespo, which was playing over the public address system.
And the second set started smoothly for him, placing himself at 30-40 and settling the break with a strong parallel inverted forehand. The No. 1 seed in this tournament consolidated that break ‘ipso facto’ and stretched the score to 3-1, on the verge of the longest game of the match. It lasted almost 13 minutes, with colorful and many types of blows on both sides.
Carballés saved a break point with a shot, then went ahead with a beautiful drop shot that he linked with a subtle lob and later made another well-coordinated ‘smash’ for Advantage-40; Even so, the player from El Palmar responded with shots of carats to his opponent, who sent a right hand into the doubles hall just barely, in what could have already been his sentence.
The Murcian secured the break without problems (5-1) and barely waited to secure the victory in the next game, the rest. After one hour and 26 minutes, the number 2 in the world ranking moved to the third round, where Alejandro Davidovich will be after beating the Chinese Juncheng Shang 6-3 and 7-5; The one who said goodbye was the also Spanish Roberto Bautista, who fell to the American Sebastian Korda by (2)6-7, 6-3 and 6-4.