In a great game of more than five hours, the Spaniard defeated the Italian 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5 and 6-3 and went to the semifinal of the last Grand Slam of year.
In a rare test of physical and mental overcoming, the Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz saved a match point in the fourth set and sealed an epic victory in the fifth set against the Italian Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-7 (0), 7-5 and 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of US Openafter a battle of five hours and 15 minutes.
It was fifty in the morning in New York when Alcaraz knocked out the Sinner, the man who kicked him out of Wimbledon this year and denied him the Umag title, to meet the American Frances Tiafoe in what this will be the first semi-final of his career at a Major. The Murcian, 19 years old, already is sure to enter the podium of the ATP ranking and you still have it first positionwhere it might be enough to be a finalist if Casper Ruud He could not play the defining match.
Arthur Ashe celebrates Alcaraz after winning the second longest match in US Open historyafter the duel between Swedish Stefan Edberg and American Michael Chang, which lasted five hours and 26 minutes in 1992. “It was the best game I’ve played in my whole career, without a doubt. From the first ball to the last we had enormous quality, both Jannik and I.”Carlitos assurance after the duel.
Source: Tycsports
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