Wimbledon – third_round –
Carlos Alcaraz, who is defending the title he won at Wimbledon last year, almost fell flat in the third round of the tournament against the American Frances Tiafoe. The Spaniard needed a lot of patience, great tennis and five sets (5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 and 6-2) to overcome an opponent who had already put him on the ropes in the semi-finals of the 2021 US Open, also in five sets, a tournament that saw him crowned for the first time in a major.
With superlative tennis, Tiafoe took the first set on the grass of the All England Course. Work for an Alcaraz who recovered in the second set, tennis of many carats. But when it seemed that Carlitos could take advantage of the momentum, Tiafoe again took out the hammer, both in the serve and in the drive to solve it at the net, to add the third set. With no margin for error, Alcaraz was able to recover, first with a tie-breaker In the fourth set, with a sublime final set, the American was already downcast due to the missed opportunity. Alcaraz broke his serve in the third game and repeated the feat in the fifth. Without losing the initiative with his serve, he sealed the duel (6-2 in the final set) and his safe passage to the next round, with a scare.
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