Carlos Alcaraz produced a masterful serving efficiency Friday to defeat Taylor Fritz 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(6) and advance to his third Wimbledon closing in a row.
The 2-time defending champion has prioritized enhancing his serve throughout this grass-court season and for stretches of Friday’s semifinal, he was again on the absurd ranges he produced throughout the HSBC Championships on the Queen’s Membership in London final month. It was the kind of serving show that has seen Alcaraz semi-jokingly referring to himself as a serve bot. In actuality, he’s nothing of the type. A real serve bot can do little else however serve, whereas Alcaraz stays probably the most full participant in males’s tennis.
Fritz did little unsuitable within the match and, aside from just a few dips, he performed near his peak. He was nonetheless powerless to cease Alcaraz profitable his twentieth straight match on the All England Membership, and his twenty fourth consecutive match wherever. Fritz even had two factors to take the match right into a decider, however regardless of producing a 134mph serve on the primary, he was stored at arm’s size once more by his impressed opponent.
Till not too long ago, Alcaraz’s serve had been the one non-elite side of his recreation, and his enchancment behind it sends a message to the remainder of the sector that he nonetheless has extra gears to search out. In whole, Alcaraz gained 88 p.c of his first serve factors, together with the primary 20, and banged down 13 aces. If he posts related numbers on Sunday, then even Jannik Sinner might discover himself powerless.
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Carlos Alcaraz beats Taylor Fritz to achieve third consecutive Wimbledon closing
