Last March, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz met in the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters 1000. Photo: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports,
Totoo ba na they have met twicebut brick dust will give it a different frame. Because of generational crossing between the experience and validity of Rafael Nadal with the youth and power of Carlos Alcaraz, it will be a joy of Spanish tennis to see two of its greatest exponents face to face and, no more or less, than the quarterfinals of his Madrid Masters 1000.
Alcaraz celebrated his nineteenth birthday with a detailed and worked victory against the British cameron norriewhile Nadal achieved an epic victory against Belgian David Goffin.
All fans expected when the Madrid draw was drawn, it reached the quarterfinals and beyond: the winner of this matchup will meet world number one Novak Djokovic, who will also survive the event. .
The teacher against the student; the youth against the elderly, the present against the future … a face to face full of impact, perfect for competition.
Nadal’s relief after recovering against Belgian David Goffin. Photo: EFE/ Emilio Naranjo.
Nor will the situation await Friday at Caja Mágica be new, but when they met in the second round last year, the young man from Murcia was hardly a player with good references, having made his first steps on the circuit. . That game is a gift for Alcaraz, who has grown up in a duel against his idol.
“It will be a very difficult game. He (Alcaraz) is better than me today and with a very good dynamic and I am aware of what is going on. I am realistic although I’m going to try. But today he is better than I. He has that energy of the moment. And in that sense he starts with an advantage although I will do everything I can to win. The important thing to me is not who is better on Friday but in three weeks (Roland Garros ) and that is my goal. “said the Majorcan.
The two-handed backhand of Carlos Alcaraz, who vowed to fight to find his first win against Nadal. Photo: AP /Manu Fernandez.
the student of John Charles Ferrero he had already given the growth spurt when he faced Nadal again. It’s all over the boil. And Nadal was built as the best of all time in his twenty -one Grand Slam under his arm. It was also at the Masters 1000, in Indian Wells, last March.
An epic wind -blown duel that pulled the Balearic forward, in three sets. The effort left him with a costal fissure that marginalized him from the circuit for several months and still conditioned him for this Friday’s game.
Murcian arrived in Madrid as champion in Barcelona. A trophy added in Miami and Rio this 2022 and in Umag, last year. He will have the expected gift, a face to face with Nadal. And it won’t be done in an evening session, as has happened until now. In prime time, a duel in the sun.
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