The Chilean tennis player, who had a great week in Brazil, fought for more than two and a half hours of the match against the Spaniard, but could not cope with the consistency and regularity of his rival . His next challenge will be the Chile Open which starts next week.
A heart attack duel was the one they staged this Saturday Nicolás Jarry (139th) and Carlos Alcaraz (2nd), match corresponding to one of ATP 500 semi-finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and which resulted in triumph for the Hispanic by partials of 6-7 (2), 7-5 and 6-0 after 2 hours and 43 minutes of play.
The Chilean started the game well keeping his serve and breaking the Spaniard’s in the next game, Quickly placing 3-0 on the scoreboard .
From then on, the two tennis players kept their services until 5-3, a case where the former world number 1 raised his category to achieve a break that later allowed him to match the shares .
Thus, the partial should have been defined in a a tie break largely favorable to the national, who managed to complete the set 7-6 (2) after 1 hour and 1 minute of engagement.
In the second set, Jarry may have started in front , due to the four options he had to retain his rival’s game; However, the native of El Palmar managed to overcome the inconvenience and keep the game .
Both players then managed to retain their serves with relative ease. up to 6-5 in favor of the Hispanic, a case where the Chilean faltered and gave in to the pressure of his opponent, who kept the set 7-5 after 1 hour and 10 minutes.
In the third set, Alcaraz started with an overwhelming pace favored by the psychic boost that gave him the second round, which added to the the fatigue shown by Jarry after a grueling duel . In this way, he achieves an early break in the second, then another in the fourth and finally a last one in the sixth game, which they allowed him to close the engagement 6-0 in 32 minutes.
With this victory, Carlos Alcaraz reaches the final of the competition and will face the British again Cameron Norrie (13th) whom he has already beaten in Buenos Aires, and who beat the Spaniard in the other key Bernabé Zapata Miralles (63rd) by splits of 6-2, 3-6 and 7-6(3).
As Nicolas Jarry -who took advantage of his stay in Brazil to seal his return to the top 100 of the world rankings- will return to the country to participate in the Chile Open which will take place from this Monday February 27 and until Sunday March 5 in San Carlos de Apoquindo, a tournament in which You already know your rival in the first round of the main draw: the Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (81st) .
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