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The crown of Carlos Alcaraz at Queen’s fell. He does not yet have an owner, but Jack Draper, the British credit, He disarmed the champion in a brilliant match and ended the Spaniard’s streak, 7-6 (3) and 6-3.
Alcaraz returned to defeat almost two years later. Many months have passed since the Murcian fell in the round of 16 at Wimbledon in 2022 against Jannik Sinner. By the way, two titles, at Queen’s and Wimbledon, and thirteen consecutive victories that came to an end this Thursday, when Draper played one of the best games of his career.
Recent champion in Stuttgart and from the position of being the best British tennis player of the moment, Draper played a stratospheric match, especially with the serve, with which he lost only 14 points to destabilize the champion in just one hour and 39 minutes.
Alcaraz’s first important challenge on grass ended in defeat, not surprising, by the rival, but it will probably lead him to alter his plans these days, since, if he does not sign up for an exhibition next week – Hurlingham played in 2022 and 2023 -, he will arrive at Wimbledon with only two matches on the surface.
The defeat, furthermore, makes him lose 450 points from last year and fall from second position in the rankingsomething that should not be worrying for Wimbledon, since, given the loss of Novak Djokovic, he would remain second seed and will avoid Sinner until the final.
Draper will be measured in the Queen’s quarter-final to Tommy Paul, who could with the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo.
Carlos Alcaraz, defeated in London. getty
2024-06-20 14:45:11
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