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Alcaraz is placed at a step from its first final to cover

The Spanish will play the semifinals against Rublev or Hurkacz

February 07, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz does not have time to lose in Rotterdam, where he faces the covered track exam. The Spanish climbed this Friday to the semifinals of ABN Amro Open, placing himself one step away from an indoor cup for the first time in his career. Under the neutral conditions offered by the roof, one thing seems quite clear: the Murcian’s impetus, that hunger when looking for the ball, can be adjusted as a glove to a land that rewards as none the attack tennis.

No. 3 of the PIF ATP Rankings gave an effort full of constancy, sufficient to overflow 6-2, 6-1 to his compatriot Pedro Martínez Camino de la Penultimate Round. With the Roterdam Ahoy as a witness of his progression, Alcaraz completed a firm match from the first ball, taking control of the score without discussions. By breaking the Valencian service in the first set of each set, Carlos managed a game of constant wind in favor, forcing himself to maintain the level to cross the finish line.

“Today I played a great tennis, I competed at a high level. I have done the right things again,” Alcaraz said. “I was very concentrated before the game, thinking about my tennis. I have tried to be in place. Being aggressive and taking the limit at each point. I think I have made the perfect game and I am happy to improve every day. I hope that the semifinals are even better. “

Now, the horizon places Alcaraz before a true level test on covered track. The Spanish will play the semifinals of ABN Amro Open before the winner of the duel that will close the day between Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz, two players with multiple Indoor crowns in the ATP Tour. With an enormous stuck guaranteed on the other side of the network, a crossing of high flights to finish postulating its candidacy in this type of territory.

Alcaraz squeeze his blows to draw a very competitive season. The Spanish began 2025 reaching the quarterfinals of the Australia Open, where the 10 -time Novak Djokovic champion annulled his candidacy to complete the Grand Slam collection. Despite that memory, the Murcian has managed to lift his level of play to begin the European tour.

Living a sweet moment after his recent fatherhood, Martinez was one step away from reaching the first semifinal on surface hard track of his career. The Valencian could not maintain the rhythm of the main serial head but closes the week with notable victories against Roberto Bautista Agut and Holger Rune, enough to increase until No. 40 of the PIF ATP Live Rankings.

Did you know that …
Carlos Alcaraz aspires to become the first Spanish champion of ABN Amro Open in individual mode. Since his establishment in the ATP Tour calendar in 1972, no Navy tennis player has managed to lift the trophy in the Dutch ATP 500. The finalists Juan Carlos Ferrero (2004) and Rafael Nadal (2009) were the compatriots who were closer to completing the milestone in the indoor of the Netherlands.