Tiafoe makes Alcaraz work for it by returning shots that shouldn’t seem possible. Tiafoe belts a forehand back over to him and Alcaraz flicks it into the net. Tiafoe pushes him deep with some backhanded cross court shots and Alcaraz responds with a slice. He fights up to deuce then moves to advantage with a forehand smash. Alcaraz 4-6, 2-3 Tiafoe*Ĭarlos Alcaraz has only won two of his five break points but he’s positioned himself with a good chance to get another here. Carlos Alcaraz seems to have the backing of the crowd as he looks to get back into this set.
The American is too greedy and tries to smash a forehand to the baseline but gets it all wrong and knocks it out of play.Ī bit of mental fortitude on display from Frances Tiafoe to save the break point and go on to win the game. Tiafoe wastes a break point chance as Alcaraz sends over a couple of spinning slices. The American will be serving for the match. There are no mistakes this time as Tiafoe takes another break of serve away from Carlos Alcaraz! Tiafoe only needs one attempt though and finishes in style with an ace! Alcaraz 4-6, 2-5 Tiafoe* Two match points for Frances Tiafoe as Carlos Alcaraz skews a forehand return wide when trying to go down the line. He’ll take confidence into Wimbledon next week but Carlos Alcaraz may need to go back to the drawing board ahead of his match against Casper Ruud on Saturday. “I have to improve for the next Grand Slam or next matches but I would say I’m not far away from reaching a semi-final or being able to win a Grand Slam… I would say I have the level, I have the confidence to win a Grand Slam or reach the semi-finals next time,” he said after his defeat to Alexander Zverev at Roland Garros.
The Spaniard lost in the second round on his Wimbledon debut last year, but has subsequently reached the quarter-finals at US Open and French Open giving the teenager belief that he has the skill to go further in grand slams. He’ll be facing Belgium’s Zizou Bergs.Īlcaraz will follow Ruud and Berg’s match wit one of his own against Frances Tiafoe before facing Ruud himself in a second exhibition on Saturday. 7 Carlos Alcaraz are in exhibition action at the Giorgio Armani Tennis Classic.Ģ3-year-old Ruud was beaten by Rafael Nadal in straight sets in the French Open becoming the first man from Norway to reach a grand slam final and he will be hoping to go one better on the grass courts of Wimbledon in July. Preparation for Wimbledon continues at the Hurlingham Club this afternoon as French Open finalist Casper Ruud and the World no.
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