Carlos Alcaraz overpowers Matteo Berrettini to win the ‘Battle of Forehands’ at Wimbledon and reach the quarter-finals

Carlos Alcaraz makes the Wimbledon quarter-finals after his win over Matteo Berrettini in four sets as hunt for second Major continues.

Carlos Alcaraz overpowers Matteo Berrettini to win the ‘Battle of Forehands’ at Wimbledon and reach the quarter-finals

Carlos Alcaraz (Credits: Reuters)

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz continues his merry run at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. Up against former finalist Matteo Berrettini, the start was not what the young Spaniard expected. Going down in the first set, he did not drop another set as he wrapped up the match with a scoreline of 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

The match was partially halted when the roof was ordered to be closed in. With the light fading on the Centre Court, the two players had a good reset in the fourth set when things were even matched 2-2. Both players held their first serves with Alcaraz even holding it at 4-3.

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Berrettini failed to hold his serve as Alcaraz broke it to make it 5-3 before serving out the match. Despite holding multiple match points, Alcaraz could not capitalize on them as Berrettini leveled the terms. But Alcaraz eventually got his way to claim the win. Two match points at 40-15 and then two deuce saw the Spaniard’s win getting delayed but it was only a delay and nothing more.

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“I am hungry for more. My dream is to play the final here,” said Alcaraz before admitting it os his dream to lift the Wimbledon title. He further went on to add that he would like to achieve the dream this year but his focus does remain on the quarter-final first.

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Holger Rune awaits Carlos Alcaraz in a fiery quarter-final clash

Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune (Credits: Sports Max and CNN)
Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune (Credits: Sports Max and CNN)

The quarter-final tie will be mouth-watering as Carlos Alcaraz now takes on fellow young gun Holger Rune. The Dane was up against Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth-round clash on the No. 1 Court. The match finished when the roof was being closed as Rune made a similar comeback after losing the first set.

The sixth seed is into his maiden quarter-finals at the Wimbledon having not won a single match before this year. Let alone at the Championships, he had no grass match win before this season so it’s been a good run for him. A clash between the two young guns would certainly be a thrilling contest to watch.

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