Carlos Alcaraz believes that Alex de Minaur is the “favorite” going into their matchup in the Queen’s Club final. De Minaur, stunned second-seeded Holger Rune in a 6-3 7-6 (7-2) semifinal. De Minaur played flawlessly in the opening set, never allowing the World No. 6 to break him. He only committed one unforced error.
Carlitos commented:
“I have seen Alex for a long time. He shared a lot of tournaments with my older brother. They played when they were younger. The match that we played in Barcelona was really tough. I saved match point and with a crazy passing shot,” he added, recalling his thrilling but exhausting 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win that took three hours and 40 minutes.
I know that the level of Alex, he’s playing great. He has beaten Rune, a great player, in the semi-final. He has a game that suits really well on grass. So it’s going to be a really tough final.
I’m going to say he’s the favourite with the level that he’s playing right now. All I can say is I’m going to enjoy. I’m going to enjoy my first final on grass – and let’s see what happens.”
Alcaraz in London, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWWLWWWWW Currently ranked no.2, Carlos has a 39-4 match record in 2023. The Spaniard is currently having a run in London where he managed to beat the world no.83 Arthur Rinderknech 4-6 7-5 7-63, the world no.36 Jiri Lehecka 6-2 6-3, the world no.26 Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-4 and the world no.32 Sebastian Korda 6-3 6-4.
Carlos Alcaraz will come up against the world no.18 Alex De Minaur in the final on Sunday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Their record is 1-0 for Alcaraz.
The Spaniard clinched 4 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona and Madrid. Alcaraz was the finalist in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open).
The Spaniard won 10 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts and 7 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Alcaraz has scheduled to compete next at the Wimbledon (Wimbledon). He will begin to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 3rd of July.
De Minaur in London, ranking, and results in 2023
Currently ranked no.18, the Australian achieved an overall 21-12 match record in 2023. Alex is participating in London where he defeated the world no.38 Andy Murray 6-3 6-1, the world no.107 Diego Schwartzman 6-2 6-2, the world no.46 Adrian Mannarino 6-4 4-6 6-4 and the world no.6 Holger Rune 6-3 7-62.
Alex De Minaur will square off with the world no.2 Carlos Alcaraz in the final on Sunday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Their actual record is 1-0 for Alcaraz.
The Australian clinched 1 title in 2023 in Acapulco.
De Minaur won 7 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Wimbledon (Wimbledon) after Eastbourne. The main draw will start on the 26th of June.
Carlos Alcaraz and Alex De Minaur played each other only 1 time. Their record is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-4 in the semifinal in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell) in April 2022.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
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