Alcaraz wary of 'dangerous' de Minaur on grass

Carlos Alcaraz is starting to consciousness similar a seasoned connected grass, contempt playing successful lone the 3rd tourney of his young vocation connected the surface.

The 20-year-old Spaniard reached his archetypal ATP last connected writer and moved 1 triumph distant from reclaiming the apical ranking by taking retired Sebastian Korda 6-3 6-4 astatine the Queen’s Club Championships connected Sunday.

“Right present I consciousness similar [I've been] playing for 10 years connected grass, it’s thing brainsick for me,” Alcaraz said.

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“I didn’t expect to accommodate my movement, my crippled truthful accelerated connected grass. I’m truly blessed with that.

“Since the archetypal match, I consciousness the emotion from the crowd. I would accidental that it’s intolerable to triumph these kinds of matches without them, without the vigor they bring to me.”

Carlos Alcaraz plays a backhand against Sebastian Korda during their men's semi last lucifer astatine The Queen's Club Championships. (Clive Brunskil via Getty Images)

Australian Alex de Minaur stands betwixt Alcaraz and the No.1 ranking, and the existent satellite No.2 is wary of him.

“It’s going to beryllium a large situation for me. His crippled is truly bully connected grass,” Alcaraz said.

“He serves truthful flat. He’s going to beryllium precise dangerous.”

Alcaraz and Korda played their archetypal vocation semi last connected grass.

Korda, the archetypal American to scope the Queen’s semi finals successful 11 years, served 9 aces but besides double-faulted six times. His portion was regularly punished by Alcaraz’s dense forehands.

Alcaraz won the lone interruption constituent of the 2nd acceptable and held on.

Victory would springiness Alcaraz his 5th rubric of the year, his 11th circuit rubric wide and determination the US Open champion supra Novak Djokovic successful the ATP rankings — meaning helium would besides participate Wimbledon adjacent period arsenic the No.1 seed.

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Last year, Alcaraz mislaid successful the 4th circular to Jannik Sinner astatine SW19.

The second-seeded Holger Rune besides came to London ne'er having won a tour-level lucifer connected grass, similar Alcaraz.

De Minaur knocked retired Rune 6-3 7-6 (2), redeeming 3 interruption points and breaking the 20-year-old Dane's service twice.

Alex De Minaur looks connected against Holger Rune during their men's semi last lucifer astatine The Queen's Club Championships. (Julian Finney via Getty Images)

De Minaur has pedigree connected grass. The Australian won Eastbourne successful 2021 and reached the last 16 astatine Wimbledon past year.

“I person played decent connected writer and I americium having a bully week, and this was my champion show of the week,” helium said.

De Minaur won the biggest rubric of his vocation — and his seventh — in March astatine Acapulco.

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