Carlos Alcaraz Garfia wins against Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-62 6-3 in the quarter in the Trieste Challenger on Friday. Alcaraz Garfia will face Lorenzo Musetti in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
Alcaraz Garfia won the set after he broke Etcheverry in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Argentine tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Alcaraz Garfia maintained the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 9th (7-2) point.
Carlos won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
The Spaniard converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Etcheverry converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 94 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alcaraz Garfia won just 2 points more than the Argentine (48-46). Carlos lost 16 points on serve (31-16). On the losing side, Tomas Martin conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).
Alcaraz Garfia got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Etcheverry in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Alcaraz Garfia to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Alcaraz Garfia converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Etcheverry was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 63 points. The Spaniard won 9 more points than the Argentine (36-27). The Spaniard lost 9 points on serve (22-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomas Martin conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Alcaraz Garfia will add to his prize money € 1,780 after conquering this match. He has won already € 4,260 until now in this event. If he wins the next match, Alcaraz Garfia will add € 2,940 to his earnings to get in total € 7,200.
Match Statistics
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 85 points vs. Tomas Martin’s 72.
Carlos won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the Argentine was struggling when converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz Garfia and Etcheverry is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Alcaraz Garfia will fight against Musetti in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Lorenzo Musetti since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Trieste Challenger
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Liam BroadyBroady (6-79 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Maximilian MartererMarterer (2-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-62 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H details and stats
