“It’s great, it’s a dream for me. I’ve reached a great level on this surface, it’s crazy,” said Carlos Alcaraz after the match on Center Court.
After a tight first set, which the industry leader scored in the tie-break, Rune robbed himself of any possible reward in the second. In the ninth game, the Dane made a double fault and a major mistake, which led to the break for the world number one from Spain.
Alcaraz finally got the second round and in the third set the next pinprick with the break to 3: 2.
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Rune couldn’t find a way back into the game and had to admit defeat after 2:20 hours.
“It happened as it should. Alcaraz was more consistent and the better player. Rune tried changing the tempo, which partially worked. In the end he tried too many things, like the end of the second set. That went wrong and that’s how Alcaraz wins.” , Mischa Zverev analyzed the match on the “Sky” microphone.
Rune: “Not the same energy as usual”
Rune reported after the match that he was not in full possession of his powers. “I didn’t feel good this morning, but you don’t always feel good when you wake up. I didn’t have the same energy as usual,” he said, without going into detail about the problems.
He “didn’t want to disappoint the viewers,” he added, emphasizing: “I did my best under the circumstances.”
Alcaraz youngest semi-finalist since 2007
Alcaraz, who won the preparatory tournament at London’s Queen’s Club and is now the youngest Wimbledon semifinalist since 2007, will face Daniil Medvedev in the semifinals on Friday. “We’ve already played each other twice, once here at Wimbledon. I’m just enjoying this moment now,” said the Spaniard.
In his quarter-finals on the No.1 court, Medvedev beat shooting star Christopher Eubanks 6: 4, 1: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 4), 6: 1, but faltered in the fourth set. After all, the third in the world rankings set a personal Wimbledon record by making it into the last four.
In the direct duel between Medvedev and Alcaraz it is 1: 1, the Spaniard won the last comparison to date this season in the final of the Indian Wells hard court masters. The first game, in the 2nd round of Wimbledon in 2021, went to the Russians.
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