2023-08-20 06:18:08
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic never leave each other. The world No. 1 and his runner-up will meet in the Cincinnati Masters 1000 final on Sunday, five weeks following their epic Wimbledon final won by the Spaniard.
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However, we did not go far from a surprise in the semi-finals. Carlos Alcaraz had to save a match point on his serve at 2-6 4-5 then he recovered a badly started tie-break to finally win 2-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-3 once morest Hubert Hurkacz (ATP 20).
The native of Murcia, who found himself behind 1/4 in the decisive game of the 2nd set, is sure to approach the US Open of which he is the defending champion in the 1st world rank. He will try to win his 7th title of the year on Sunday.
“Here we are!”
Carlos Alcaraz will find a vengeful Djokovic in the final who only needed two sets to defeat Olympic champion Alexander Zverev (ATP 17) 7-6 (7/5) 7-5.
“A final with world number one and two once morest each other is, I guess, what everyone wanted and here we are.“, summarized the 36-year-old Serb, who equaled Rafael Nadal and Ivan Lendl on Saturday with his 1068th success on the ATP Tour. Only Jimmy Connors (1274) and Roger Federer (1251) did better.
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