The Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz and Bernabe Zapata Miralles will play in the semifinals of the tournament in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The match will be held on February 19, beginning at 21:00 GMT.
Carlos Alcaraz won on Friday Dusan Lajovic – (6:4, 6:2). As expected, in this match it was much easier for him in psychological terms than in the game against Laslo Djere, who became the first for the Spaniard after the injury.
In the match with Layovic, the 19-year-old tennis player loused the feed twice (in the first set), but, as it often happens, he compensated for all errors due to a cool game at the reception.
Alcaraz perfectly held the second batch, taking 83 percent on the first filing and playing two Break Point.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles meanwhile, for the first time in the season, he won three matches in a row at the level of the main ATP grid. In the first round, Zapata Miralles defeated Pedro Martinez (6:1, 3:6, 6:4).
In the next match, the Spaniard defeated the former eighth racket of the world of Argentinean Diego Schwartzman – (6:1, 6:3).
In the quarterfinals, the 74th racket of the world beat another representative of Argentina Francisco Cerundolo (6:3, 6:7, 6:3). Before the tournament in Buenos Aires, Bernabe had only one victory this season.
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Head to Head
Carlos Alcaraz leads with a score of 2-1 (1-1 in official matches) between two tennis players. The last meeting ended in the victory of Carlos with an account (3-1) at the ATP French Open 2021.
Prediction
| Carlos Alcaraz win 1.13 | Zapata Miralles win 6.00 |
In the season-2020, Bernabe beat the very young Alcaras at the Challenger in Cordenes, and in 2021 he managed to take from Carlos Seth at Roland Garros.
And now Carlos Alcaraz, most likely, is enough two sets to win the Bernabe Zapata Miralles.
Prediction: Victory Carlos Alcaraz in two sets.