Winner of the tournaments of Rome and Roland-Garros, Carlos Alcaraz chained a third success in a row, by winning the Queen’s tournament at the expense of Jiri Lehecka. The Spaniard will be more than ever the big favorite of Wimbledon.
And 18 a success for Carlos Alcaraz! The Spanish player had never experienced such a long period of invincibility during his career, but he saw a dream end of spring, with successes at the Masters 1000 in Rome, in Roland-Garros, and now at the Queen’s. The world No. 2 has perfectly successfully successfully successfully defeated earth transition, and this Sunday won the London ATP 500.
Two years ago, the Spaniard had already won the tournament and left only five games in the Czech in the round of 16, but Lehecka had taken his revenge by winning on the hard courts of Doha last February. This Sunday, Carlos Alcaraz won in three sets and 2h09 of play: 7-5, 6-7, 6-2.
He served in particular 18 aces and did not have the slightest break ball to defend! Jiri Lehecka (30th in the world), very effective on his service throughout the week, where he notably eliminated Alex de Minaur and Jack Draper, saved a first break ball at 2-2 in the first set, but at 5-5, he ended up losing his put in play. Alcaraz then concluded without trembling.
Already 21 titles for Alcaraz
In the second, the two players kept their service perfectly and therefore had to decide in the decisive game. A decisive game where Lehecka led 4-2, then his opponent equalized at 4-4 then 5-5, but the Czech won the last two points and therefore equalized to a round everywhere. In the third, Carlos Alcaraz Breaké at 2-1 on his second opportunity and flew. At 5-2 in his favor, he obtained a new break ball, which was therefore a match ball, and won.
At 22, Carlos Alcaraz therefore won the 21st title of his career, the fourth on lawn, and promises to be the big favorite of Wimbledon, of which he won the last two editions. Incidentally, the Spanish player returns to 1130 points from Jannik Sinner, eliminated prematurely in Halle while he was the title holder.
