Carlos Alcaraz is having yet another fantastic run in Miami, where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to access the quarterfinal without conceding a single set.
Stefanos played a rather good match, but Carlito was just too good. The 18-year-old impressed when he won 7 consecutive sets to reverse a 2-5 deficit into a 7-5 2-0 lead.
After the match, Carlito explained what he had to do in order to defeat the Greek champion.
“It was a very tough match, but it was amazing to play in front of this crowd. It was quite amazing to get so much support. Having the option to beat Stefanos in front of a crowd like that made it even more spectacular. It was a lot of fun.
He also addressed how hard the game became after the exhausting first set by saying, “It took a lot of energy to come back from the first set, All I can say is that I fought until the last ball to turn the first set around.”
Alcaraz in Miami, ranking, and results in 2022
Ranked no.16 (career-high), Alcaraz achieved a compiled 15-2 record in 2022. The Spaniard is competing in Miami where he toppled Marton Fucsovics 6-3 6-2, Marin Cilic 6-4 6-4 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5 6-3.
Carlos Alcaraz will play the world no.48 Miomir Kecmanovic in the quarter on Thursday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. They have never competed against each other as of now on the main tour.
The Spaniard has won 1 title in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2022
At the moment ranked no.5, Stefanos played his last match on the 29th of March when he capitulated to world no.16 Carlos Alcaraz 7-5 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami (draw).
Presently, during this year Tsitsipas has a composed 17-7 match record. Stefanos Tsitsipas’s most significant accomplishment of the current year was getting to the final in Rotterdam.
Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas squared off just on 2 occasions. Their actual record is 2-0 for Alcaraz. The last time they locked horns, Carlos Alcaraz won 7-5 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami (Miami Open) on the 29th of March 2022.
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