Hello friends and welcome back to my blog, today is just exciting, a super amazing day, and a great day to watch the semis of Madrid Open.
So I have been following the action and it's been a very exciting Tournament so far. I have been watching with keen interest on the progress of Carlos Alcaraz Garfiawo is by far one of the best 18 youngsters who has been on top of their game. This guy is just insane and just spectacular, what he has achieved is just amazing.
This Quater final has been one of the most iconic of all the tours this year. So in this post, I will just fous on his game so far in the finals.
Quater Finals vs Rafael Nadal - Madrid Open 2022
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The game between both Spanish is both historic and very intense, below are the match stats at Manolo Santana.
| Game Data | Rafael Nadal | Carlos Alcaraz |
|---|---|---|
| Ace | 1 | 4 |
| Double faults | 1 | 3 |
| First serve % | 70% | 61%% |
| Tiebreaks won | 3/9 | 4/5 |
| Receiving points won | 28 | 31 |
| Points won | 71 | 73 |
| Games won | 11 | 13 |
| Max games won in a row | 5 | 3 |
| Max points won in a row | 9 | 7 |
| Service points won | 43 | 42 |
| Service games won | 9 | 8 |
Carlos Alcaraz was able to grab his first top 2 wins and the first over his compatriot who has claimed the crown here in Madrid 5 times already.
I really love Carlos Alcaraz, i think he's the future of modern tennis, and beating Rafal Nadal is proof of that. He's very strong mentally, and physically and never breaks. He's currently playing at the current level and showing that he can compete with the big guys.
Over the past 5 days, he has played with the world number 2 and the world number 1 and he's bat the both, that's just crazy and mind-blowing 🤯🤯🤯🤯.
Though I couldn't get to watch the game, the extended highlights of this match showed the beautiful moments, the unbelievable shots and lobs were just a force to reckon with, perhaps they were too good for nadal.
Game Result
| Players | 1st set | 2nd Set | 3rd Set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Nadal | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| C. Alcaraz Garfia | 6 | 1 | 6 |
Semi Finals vs Novak Djokovic - Madrid Open 2022
The wonder shockingly beat the Spanish master and is through to the Semis, he faced Novak Djokovic, and guess what guys???, he went on to claim victory over the current world number 1. This man is on fire 🔥🔥🔥
This game was much hotter than the quarter fibaks with Rafal Nadal, all 3 games ended in a tiebreak, all games.
The rallies and drop-shots never stopped coming, both players were exceptional and shows pure class. In my opinion that was a proper semis.
Novak Djokovic took the first set after winning the 1st tiebreak, and Carlos Alcaraz ended the second set after clinching the second tiebreak, it was all down to the last set which also ended in a tie break which Carlos Alcaraz won after harsh resistance from Novak Djokovic to steal the set.
Below is the game stat
| Game Data | Novak Djokovic | Carlos Alcaraz |
|---|---|---|
| Ace | 8 | 4 |
| Double faults | 2 | 4 |
| First serve % | 97% | 96% |
| Tiebreaks won | 1 | 1 |
| Receiving points won | 46 | 46 |
| Points won | 132 | 136 |
| Games won | 18 | 20 |
| Max games won in a row | 3 | 3 |
| Max points won in a row | 6 | 6 |
| Service points won | 86 | 90 |
| Service games won | 16 | 17 |
The stats are just crazy and show how close this game was to tilting to either player. Both players played astoundingly, Carlos Alcaraz played like a true world number one.
Game Result
| Players | 1st set | 2nd Set | 3rd Set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novak Djokovic | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Carlos Alcaraz | 5 | 7 | 7 |
He has now advanced to the finals, he will fight for the tile today and will probably emerge as the winner over AlexanderZverev at Manolo Santana, Madrid. I personally think he has a huge chance of winning and adding this title to the list of many to come in the future., he's worked so hard to get here, he deserves it.
