Carlos Alcaraz He lost the Queen’s crown this Thursday in the round of 16 against Jack Draperwith a score of 7-6(3) and 6-3, in 1 hour and 39 minutes. The first seed’s chances ended with a forehand that died in the net in a ninth game of the second set in which he had a 0-30 lead. His last defeat on grass was in the round of 16 at Wimbledon, in 2022, against Jannik Sinner.
He is one win away from equal Rafael Nadal’s best streak on grass, which was the 14 victories he chained between 2008 and 2010. The Murcian subtracts 450 points by not defending the title and looks towards the All England Clubwith 10 days to prepare for its debut, which will be July 1. Novak Djokovic, without playing, will surpass him next Monday, June 24 in the ranking and will fall to third place on the podium.
Draper is one of 11 left-handers in the ‘top100’. The others are Ben Shelton, Ugo Humbert, Adrian Mannarino, Alejandro Tabilo, Cameron Norrie, Corentin Moutet, Facundo D�az Acosta, Hugo Gaston, Dominik Koepfer and Juncheng Shang.
The young Spaniard’s statistic was 25 wins and 7 losses against them.. To find the last time the Murcian encountered a rival with those characteristics, we had to go back to the third round of the Australian Open facing the Chinese Shang. It was the first time that a player of that profile was measured on grass and that is why I trained yesterday with Norrie, another British and equally left-footed player.
Since Rafael Nadal disappeared from the top hundred positions, The left-hander closest to the elite is Shelton, fourteenth on the lists. Draper came with the confidence that comes from being number 1 in his country thanks to his recent title on Sunday at the Stuttgart Open 250. That is why the two precedents between the two did not count this time.
Carlitos was aware that losing his serve once was synonymous with giving up the set.. She had a hard time but she was taking his turns forward. When the exchanges were long, The points fell on the side of the current champion of the 500 category contest.
The bottoms of the Queen’s central courtyard are beginning to be bare and there is now more dirt than grass so the risk of slipping decreases. It is also a product of the sun that has reigned in London since the beginning of the week.
Being as tall as Draper, 1.93 meters, It has good and bad things, like mobility lateral and at the moment of going up to the net to connect the volleys.
At 2-2 and 15-30, a bee appeared to disturb the serve of the El Palmar tennis player. The scene was reminiscent of the Indian Wells attack. He handled the pressure well because that is what he is one of the chosen ones for. “Good Charlie, good“, it was said. To which Alcaraz showed his right, the stands fell silent with admiration.
Despacito, Luis Fonsi’s song, played over the public address system.. Draper’s missiles forced the tie break. In the heads or tails the British was better, who gave a hit of effect and also emotional.
Alcaraz had to come back, something that he already did at Queen’s in 2023 in the first round with the Frenchman Rinderknech. He had not lost a match on the circuit since the On May 1 he had taken a knee in the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open against Andrey Rublev. Although that duel was conditioned by pain in the forearm.
“I have not missed a single ball in training and now all“, indicated the champion of three majors to his team, sitting in the front row of the playing surface.
As he often says, playing on the green carpet is a constant learning process. You will draw good conclusions from what happened because just around the corner is Wimbledon (July 1-14). He gave up his serve in the sixth game of the continuation and the Sutton giant signed the sentence. He is the first Briton to beat a top 2 player since Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final in 2013.. She has had a lot of rain since then.
He stays in London
Samuel L�pez’s pupil had the option of rejoining the match with a 4-2 and 30-40. Jack saved that breaking point and headed straight for the resounding victory. Alcaraz raised the first three match points, with 5-2. He never stopped encouraging himself and believing, but the grass is very treacherous. “Let’s go“, he shouted at 5-3. Now, together with his team, the possibility of playing some preparatory exhibition for the third major will be considered. He stays in London to continue growing in grass.
