Alcaraz playing pure rubbish yet he was able to eke out the win for the first set..

In reply to hotarobin

Carlos is genius level - yuh saw dat finish there
3-0

Alcaraz playing better in the second and he is up 3-0..One thing about his game is that he needs to develop a better serve to get more free points.

In reply to Chrissy

Assuming he wraps this one up it will be interesting to see the final..

Sinner is perplexed..45 minutes ago he wasn't expecting to be in his current position..

In reply to hotarobin
Carlos didn’t play well in the 1st set but he is a cut above most of his peers.

In reply to hotarobin
The Med won their only meeting

Clinical win

In reply to Chrissy

The kid is special..

In reply to hotarobin

Agree but he’ll have to watch the injuries.

Women's final
Rybakina wins the 1st set tiebreaker. Up a break in the 2nd leading 3-1

And Rybakina wins in straight sets

In reply to Chrissy

A really tight match, but sabalenka was a bit too erratic

In reply to FuzzyWuzzy
Yep

Carlos is playing beautiful tennis.
Takes Set 1 6-3
The Med cannot stand on the base line against this kid

In reply to Chrissy

Beautiful tennis indeed

The tennis world is grateful that with the retirement of Roger and with Rafa not far behind, such a combination of greatness and artistry can still be on display

Gracias Carlos

In reply to imusic
The Med is the iceman but even he is rattled - damn what a back hand return.
Double break now

In reply to Chrissy

In this mood……not sure I’ve seen better.

He’s playing incredible tennis. The full package on display. The only thing you MIGHT say is missing is that he doesn’t have a dominant serve that gives him feee points from aces.

Outside of that, he’s complete. Defence, attack, forehand, backhand, touch, serve & volley, mental strength, he has it all.

And all of that at 19 to boot. Amazing!

In reply to imusic


This

In reply to imusic
Even his coach is shaking his head in disbelief

6-3; 6-2 - fabulous -amazing tennis

In reply to Chrissy

And rightfully takes the #1 ranking.

No imposters allowed!

In reply to imusic

Dem can be Antivax or antivex - I een care

In reply to Chrissy

..there is so much about this kid that reminds me of Federer but he has more potential I believe.

the way he runs around the backhand, the cross court racket head speed, the serve and volley and delicate hands at net..the obvious difference is that he has a two handed backhand and I am more impressed with his thinking on the court than Fed's..

BUT it's early days still and no disrespect to Fed because Fed, Joka and Nadal did it for a long long time..this kid only now start..

btw Medvedev has one of the most ungainly playing styles I have ever seen..

Congrats to Alcaraz!!

In reply to hotarobin

Yes he does have that Fed elegance but that drop shot is his


The Med is 6.8 - dat is no easy height.
He is one of the most gracious players on the court and also has a wicked sense of humour.

In reply to Chrissy

we always said that he was special but I will say that when Joka came out last year and said point blank that "Alcaraz is the best player in the world this year" it really caught my attention..

I hope he remains healthy..we now have to see how he will handle the target on his back seeing that he is #1 again..