The Spaniard remains firm in the defense of the title of the Rio de Janeiro tournament
Focused on defending his Rio Open title and regaining the world No. 1, ATP 2nd ranked Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz had a great performance against 80th ranked Dusan Lajovic of Serbia and secured the semifinals of the Rio tournament.
Main favorite for the title, Alcaraz spent 1h56 of a well fought and played game and closed the score at 6/4 7/6 (7-0) having converted the same number of aces as his rival, one, and won on 71 % of points played with his first serve versus 59% success of Serb.
The match was marred by fine play from the Spaniard, which lifted the crowd, but ended up being ineffective when he came under pressure on his second serve. Thus, Lajovic won a break in the 5th game, opening 4/2, but took the break again in the 8th game, where Alcaraz worked a lot on the return tactic and overturned the partial by winning four games in a row, closing the partial with a break.
In the next set the balance was maintained and even the plays filled the eyes of the public of the Spaniard, who suffered another break in the 5th game, recovered the break in the 8th game working inside the court and played counterattack with Lajovic between the two 11th and 12th games that force a tiebreak, after saving the setpoint and dominating his rival.
Looking for a place in the grand finale, Alcaraz awaits the winner of the duel between Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry and Argentinian Sebastian Baez.
Source: Terra
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