Carlos Alcaraz Garfia tops Marcos Giron 7-6(2) 6-2 in the quarter in Salem Open on Thursday. Alcaraz Garfia will play Mikael Ymer in the semifinal.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 13,610 after winning this match. He has won already $ 32,350 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Alcaraz Garfia will add $ 23,650 to his earnings to get in total $ 56,000.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Marcos Giron Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz Garfia and Giron is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Mikael Ymer – stats
Alcaraz Garfia will compete against Ymer in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Mikael Ymer face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ymer won 2-6 6-4 6-4 7-65 in the 2nd round in Roland garros back in February 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz Garfia came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Marcos Giron in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for Carlos to win the set as the American managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Spaniard kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.
Tiebreak
Alcaraz Garfia won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 9th (7-2) point.
Alcaraz Garfia 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 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). Also, on the other side, Marcos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd
(0-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).They contested 91 points. Alcaraz Garfia conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Giron (50-41). Alcaraz Garfia lost 9 points on serve (29-9). On the other side, Marcos conceded 21 points on serve (32-21).
Alcaraz Garfia played a much better tennis than the American and without too much struggle he won 6-2
. Marcos broke Carlos 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game. However, Alcaraz Garfia broke his opponent in the 7th (5-2) game, but that didn’t prevent his to win the set (6-2).Carlos failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 0.
There was an important spell in this set when the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Giron was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 0-40).
They contested 40 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Marcos (25-15). Carlos conceded 7 points on serve (12-7). On the other side, Giron conceded 13 points on serve (8-13).
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Marcos GironGiron (7-62 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-65 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-72 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-62 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Mikael YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H details and stats