Madrid: Alcaraz falls to Rublev, Rybakina climbs into the last four… What to remember from Wednesday’s matches
The day after the elimination of Rafael Nadal for his last participation in Madrid, the short Manolo Santana could not dry his tears with the victory of the other Spanish champion on the circuit. Double title holder, Carlos Alcaraz fell to Russian Andrey Rublev (4-6, 6-3, 6-2), Wednesday May 1.
At the start of the evening, the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime reached the semi-finals without playing due to the withdrawal of Jannik Sinner, world number 2, for a “right hip injury”, as announced by the tournament management. For her part, Elena Rybakina struggled but came through against Yulia Putintseva (4-6, 7-6, 7-5).
Winner of the last two editions and on an impressive series of 14 consecutive victories on Madrid clay, Carlos Alcaraz fell in Madrid. Already on the ropes this Tuesday during his round of 16 match played in almost three hours against the German Jan-Lennard Struff, the Murcian did not manage to string together the points after a first set won against Andrey Rublev.
The world number 8 raised his level in the second set, regaining his serving skills and managing to find unstoppable areas. With the equalizer in his pocket, the Russian concluded the deal without trembling during the decisive round (4-6, 6-3, 6-2). He is now waiting for Taylor Fritz or Francisco Cerundolo. Jannik Sinner withdrew at the last minute, Félix Auger-Aliassime will be in the other semi-final against Daniil Medvedev and Jiri Lehecka.
For Alcaraz, he will now have to focus on the Masters 1000 in Rome to regain all his sensations after his forearm injury and try to seek his first title at Roland-Garros in less than a month.
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