Carlos Alcaraz don’t fail and send Spain in the final phase of the Davis Cup, which will be played in Malaga in November and will bring together the eight best countries of the tournament. The Murcian tennis player won without any problem Ugo Humbert (6-3 and 6-3), resolving the duel with the best of three points against France and put the team led by David Ferrer on the fast track to the quarter-finals.
The Murcian arrived with many doubts at this stage of the Davis Cup, after a not so good North American tour. However, after beating the Czech Republic Machac –after the Czech retired with the match tied at one set– and won the doubles with Granollers, once again showed its strongest version.
In view of Humbert, world number 18, won with great solvency. And the game was not easy at all. He began to unbalance him from the fifth game of the first set, with a to break, although he had to confirm it later. In fact, the Frenchman was close to equalizing, rejecting two opportunities to break the service of the El Palmar player, who would once again take the game to rest to put the 6-3 definitive.
Alcaraz He dominated the match at all times and in the second set he once again looked unstoppable. He had the chance to break the match in the second game, but Humbert He held on and it was only halfway through the second round that he got straight into the match. After four break points, Alcaraz managed to make it 2-4, held his serve, fought to resolve the 2-6, but did not succeed.
Humbert He also tried to push the machine to its maximum. It was surprising when Alcaraz served to win the match, the passage point and put Spain in the quarter-finals. Thanks to a superb game, the Frenchman took the score to 0-40, with three break points. But then the Murcian showed all his composure, held firm and managed to recover the three break points.
Humbert would once again put Alcaraz on the ropes, after a mistake by the world number 3, but he would once again manage to save her and, this time, definitively. The Spaniards finally resolved themselves, in front of the warmth of a Valencian public devoted to the cause and who saw Spain return to the final phase of the Davis Cup.
Alcaraz takes Spain to Malaga
With this victory by Carlos Alcaraz, Spain closes a beautiful Davis Cup in Valencia in which it beat the Czech Republic on Wednesday and now France. Alcaraz’s triumph at the Fuente de San Luis was preceded by the spectacular victory of Roberto Bautista, who made a comeback against Arthur Fils (2-6, 7-5 and 7-6) to lay the first stone of this ranking for the Final Phase of the Davis Cup, obtained after last year’s absence.
In the absence of a duel against Australia, Spain already knows that it will be in the quarter-finals in Malaga in November. The team led by David Ferrer will once again fight for a salad bowl and there could be a surprise, since the presence of Rafa Nadal is not excluded. The tennis player from Manacoran, who did not participate in the US Open and will not participate in the Laver Cup either, has received the invitation from the coach.
