The Czech surprised the Spaniard and advanced to the semi-finals of the Asian competition, where he will face world number one Jannik Sinner.
The long-awaited Shanghai Masters 1000 semi-final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz This is not possible. The Italian did his part and dominated Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-4, but the Spaniard saw his 11-match unbeaten streak ended against a combative man. Tomas Machac, and fell 7-6(5) and 7-5, in 1 hour and 54 minutes.
The day before, both players had shared praise for their similarities, which were reflected precisely in the first set, very contested and defined in a close match. tie-break.
Machac saved the two break options available to his opponent before the tie-break. He then took the lead in the ranking. Alcaraz, for his part, began to be demanding in the rest and not very careful in his climbs to the net, but it was getting better at that point. His opponent showed no cracks and, in sudden death, he scored an incredible point to win the set.
The final blow
The Czech was uncompromising at the net, winning 19 of the 20 possible points. And this perfection was also reflected in the second round. Machac broke in the third game and although the Murcian recovered the break, he failed again.
During the eleventh match, several errors condemned the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero. a new to break For his opponent he left victory on track in one hour and 55 minutes.
Machac and Alcaraz had only met once, this year in the Davis Cup, when the Czech had to give up victory after withdrawing injured. after winning a first set (6-7 (3)) and losing the second (6-1).
Now, the world number two will travel to Riyadh to participate in the lavish exhibition titled Six Kings Slam, where he will meet the Dane Holger Rune on Wednesday 16 in the quarter-finals.
If imposed, he would play with his idol Rafael Nadal seven days after announcing his retirement from the circuit.
Source: Latercera
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