Afew days until Carlos Alcaraz starts his season on the grass in Queens where his first rival will be the Argentine Francisco Cer�ndoloThis Sunday has left us the first two champions on the grass tour in the tournaments Bolduque y Stuttgartboth of category 250.
The Australian Alex de Miaur asserted his status first seed y took the final victory in the Bolduque tournamentafter beating the American Sebastian Korda, seventh seed, in the final by 6-2 and 6-4.
De Mi�aur, stronger than his rival when it comes to winning points with his first serve, in the first set he took advantage of two of the three breaking balls he hadin the sixth and eighth games, to win it 6-2 in 29 minutes.
In the second round there was greater alternation, with three breaks in the first six serves. Two of them were achieved by De Mi�aur, who wasted two match points to close the match with another 6-2 and could have gotten complicated by giving up his next serve. However, he certified the victory to the rest by 6-4.
This is the ninth ATP title for De Mi�aur, he second in 2024 after Acapulco and the second on grass after Eastbourne in 2021. He conquered the remaining seven on hard courts.
Primer t�tulo ATP para Jack Draper
The British Jack Drapersixth seed, was proclaimed winner of the tournament played in the German city of Stuttgart after beating the Italian Matteo Berrettini in the final by 3-6, 7-6 and 6-4.
Berrettiniwinner of the event in the 2019 and in the 2022was awarded the first round by taking advantage of the only breaking ball which they both had, in the games room. However, in the second Draperwho had previously missed two set points, ended up equaling it after winning the tie break by 7-5.
In the third and final Draper broke his opponent’s serve for the only time in the match during the seventh game and kept the advantage obtained to seal his victory in the tournament, the first he has won on the ATP circuit after having lost the two previous finals in which he participated.
The British, who He will also compete this week in the Queen’s bullfightingit would be the rival of Carlos Alcaraz in the event that the Murcian beat the Argentine on his return to the London tournament Francisco Cer�ndolo y Draper won the victory before the Argentine Mariano Navone.
