MATCH REPORT | 2024 China Open: Carlos Alcaraz destroys Karen Khachanov to reach semi-finals in Beijing
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Victory for Carlos Alcaraz against Russian Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals of the China Open 2024. It was a very solid match from the Spaniard, who went from less to more in the duel, with some difficulties at the beginning of the second set.
But he ended up overwhelming the Russian in the second set (7-5/6-2). He is again in the semis of a fast court tournament, which surely gives him a lot of confidence for the coming months and the Shanghai Masters 1000 next week.
First set for Carlos Alcaraz after a tough battle with the Spanish player not serving well but being very aggressive in the rest and taking advantage of his second serves. Of course, as always, he struggled to get the breaks.
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The duel seemed to go to tie break after Carlitos had missed several break points, but with 5-5 equal he continued believing, broke again and took the first set 7-5 after taking 2 of the 9 he had and winning 77% of points with the second serve against 37 of his rival, which was certainly key in a set in which the Spaniard only won 2 points more than his opponent.
In the second set Carlitos began to play in a more aggressive way after having the tranquility of having taken the first set, Khachanov was completely overwhelmed and kept losing almost all his points with the second serve and that meant that Alcaraz could take advantage of a couple of break points to get 5-2 up and served in his favor.
He closed the match by 7-5/6-2 and got into the semifinals of the Beijing Tournament improving a lot the sensations after not having a good time the last American tour. Shanghai and the Davis Cup, his main objectives in the coming weeks;
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