Carlos Alcaraz – Nicolas Jarry

Carlos Alcaraz he is preparing to look for his first final on clay this season, in this ATP 250 tournament Buenos Aires in which he defends his title. He has already arrived in the capital of Argentina, at the headquarters of the dean of South American tournaments, already like a great Darlingbut the elimination of second seed Cameron Norrie made him the only candidate. However, his semi-final opponent, Chilean Nicolas Jarryit’s on paper, that’s it hard of his remaining opponents in this tournament. In fact, Carlos had to struggle them in confrontations that they have already had.

Jarry28 years old, already a player experienced that when he appeared on the track, we thought that perhaps “Chino” Rivers, which catapulted Chilean tennis to number one in the world in the late 1990s, may have a successor. Currently, Jarry is not in the top ten, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a player. hardwho has a record of victories over Tsitsipas, Ruud or Zverevand who has three titles on his record, in Bastad, Santiago de Chile and Geneva, everything is on clay. He is currently ranked 21st in the ATP and in Buenos Aires, where, as Alcaraz was bypassed in the first round, he was the first to defeat the veteran. Wawrinka (6-7, 6-2, 7-6) and reached the semifinals due to local withdrawal Echeverri with a score of 4-6 and 7-5.

Carlos Alcaraz has not yet given up the set (6-2, 7-5 in favor of Carabelli and 7-6, 6-1 in favor Vavassori), but we don’t see in Buenos Aires better Murcia version. To a certain extent it is logical that he blames change surface and a period of inactivity after the Australian Open, but the fact is that in the first two matches he was overrated errorslittle continuity and some difficulty in movement, although this quality This was enough for him to play games. It is expected to increase, but it should also be noted that Alcaraz Something more is “required” from him… because he is Carlos Alcaraz.

Nicholas Jarry and Carlos Alcaraz met each other in two both times, both with a Spanish victory: 6-7, 7-5 and 6-0 in the semi-finals River 2023 and 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 7-5 in the third round of the past Wimbledon. The game, as you can see, needs to be played.