Carlos Alcaraz expressed his disagreement with China Open when he served to win the first set against the Frenchman Mpetshi Perricard. And the Spanish tennis player got angry when, for the second time in the match, they pointed out a warning for exceeding the service time.
In the first warning He was already complaining: “He doesn’t have time for anything. » He received the second while leading 5-4 and, after saving three break points, he served to close the set. When the penalty came, he went straight to the chair umpire, very upset. “I can’t play tennis like that… It’s not tennis. “What is this ?” Raluca Alexandra Andreichair umpire.
“They never gave me warning “It’s my life,” he also stressed. Alcaraz while pointing out that he had two in this set. The audience in the stands applauded after hearing the Spanish tennis player’s complaints that he would win the match 6-4, 6-4.
“I can’t play tennis like that… What is this? 🫤»
The warning to Alcaraz when he served to win the set.#TheCourTennis pic.twitter.com/tJX2owP5yh
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The Murcian passed the first test against the Frenchman without too many problems Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricardwhom he beat by a double 6-4 after 1 hour and 22 minutes of play. It was a comfortable match and in which he was always ahead thanks to his breaks in the first game of the two sets.
From this initial advantage, the world number three was able to dominate at will an opponent who barely worried the others, only in the tenth game of the first set, in which Alcaraz served to win the set, and had to save a 0 -40. The one from El Palmar knew how to manage the situation and brought the score to 6-4.
In the second set, the champion of Roland-Garros and Wimbledon this year also broke in the first game and at the first opportunity, creating a gap on the scoreboard that he barely had difficulty maintaining, at the exception of the fourth game, during which he put the 1-3 after reaching 40-40. In the rest of the set, he only lost another point on serve, against a Frenchman who did not have the opportunity to tie the set, thus closing the match blank.
After this victory, in which he was able to cause a sensation, without playing at his highest level either, the Spaniard will try to continue to progress in the second round against the Dutchman. Tallon Griekspoorwhom they have beaten on four of the five occasions they have met.
