A little Carlos Alcaraz is more than enough to comfortably dispatch Thiago Seyboth Wild; The Brazilian is a barker, but not a biter. There is power in that right, there is no doubt, but there are also abundant flaws. The boy comes out strong, apparently carefree, and plays with every ball hit, but Carlos Alcaraz, who knows something about hitting, is not impressed in the least. In tennis, even in this modern format in which everything happens at full speed, if speed is not accompanied by something hand in hand, there is little to do. The man from Murcia knows this well, as he receives an early birthday gift just a week before he turns 21: Seyboth Wild’s shot – 24 years old and 63rd in the world – has some wildness, but very little cash, so he He resolves the afternoon without any major surprise: double 6-3, in 1h 15m.
Alcaraz wins by pure inertia. He simply lets it happen and waits for the Brazilian to fall under his own weight. The number of inaccuracies is increasing – 23 is ultimately reflected in the statistics – and he, who has been having a bad arm for a couple of weeks, appreciates the collaboration. Any help is good. It is enough for him to play trantran on this occasion. It is a rather pasty afternoon, which does not require raising the tone or flourishes; a couple of trademark volleys and a lot of backhands to protect that forehand, but little else. It is advisable to save artillery and the one from El Palmar – 20 winners, compared to the opponent’s nine – carries out a practical exercise, without entanglements or hesitation. The image is enough: hairstyle intact and no trace of sweat. Seriousness and concentration, and Seyboth Wild does the rest.
More than illustrative is that point in which Alcaraz reduces the pace of the sprint to hit the ball under his legs, instead of accelerating and returning the ball face-on, which descends gently. Or that other moment in which he once sealed the first break4-3 for him, from his chair he watches the screen at an advertisement in which he himself recommends a sunscreen. Allowing this double license, the Murcian continues to resolve seriously and the duel tilts naturally, because it had to be like this: without meaning to, he would surely have won it too. So there is not much of a crumb and the winner congratulates his father Carlos — “this one is for you, Dad,” he signs on camera — and is already thinking about the round of 16.
German Jan-Lennard Struff, the player with whom he settled the title last year, will be there on Tuesday. Difficult prey, a gunboat with back and forth; He knows how to perform on clay. “I hope it goes like last year’s final. We know the player he is and the level he has; I will have to be very focused on the rest. We are going to have to buckle down and give one hundred percent; It will be a slightly uncomfortable match to play, but I think people will enjoy it,” he says, satisfied. “I came a little nervous because I didn’t know how my forehand was going to be, but I am very happy with my performance. It’s been a while since I’ve handled those nerves, but I’ve played at a high level, from the beginning to the end. Today was the test by fire and I haven’t had any discomfort. Starting today we are going to go up. “I enjoy every point and every ball I hit in the Caja Mágica.”
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