Alcaraz saved the break point in fantastic fashion. There are no clear weaknesses, as Fritz found out.įritz had one moment to seize, gaining a break point against Alcaraz trailing 2-3, trying to get back on serve. Alcaraz’s graceful court coverage is reminiscent of his countryman Rafael Nadal. The reigning US Open champion and defending Miami Open champion boasts a glorious drop shot, beautifully controlled groundstrokes and a sneaky net game. Fritz moved recently to Miami and Paul has lived in the Delray Beach/Boca Raton area for years.Īlcaraz will play Jannik Sinner in Friday’s semifinals, a rematch of their semifinal at Indian Wells, where Alcaraz went on to win the title. The 19-year-old Alcaraz proved too tough in Miami against two Americans who reside in South Florida. … All the important points in the match, he won.” “Obviously playing the best player in the world, you can’t just drop your serve to start both sets,” Fritz said. The match was postponed Wednesday night, only delaying the inevitable. This was the first meeting between the two and an opportunity for Fritz to assess how close he is to a breakthrough. “I was solid and aggressive at the same time.” “I took the opportunity of every break point I had,” the Spaniard said. Alcaraz faced just two break points and turned away both chances as he improved his match record to 18-1 in 2023. He used that one break to squeak out the first set and finished the match in tidy 1 hour, 18 minutes. Rybakina, the Wimbledon champion, won her 13th straight match and is seeking to become the fifth woman to achieve the “sunshine double” - back-to-back titles in the hard-court tournaments at Indian Wells and Miami.īefore a packed crowd that included John McEnroe and was split in support, Alcaraz broke Fritz’s serve in the first game. In the women’s draw, Elena Rybakina advanced to Saturday’s finals with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory over Jessica Pegula in a match delayed twice by rain.
10 Fritz and blasted into the semifinals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory at Hard Rock Stadium. Two days after routing the Australian Open semifinalist Paul, the top-ranked Alcaraz took his spectacular arsenal to the highest-ranked American man in No.
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida-The hopes of American men’s tennis rest largely on the talented rackets of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.īut a Spanish roadblock named Carlos Alcaraz is in the way-never more illustrated by the last few days at the Miami Open.
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