Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) London: Taylor Fritz would do well to ignore the numbers Carlos Alcaraz has gathered this season. Can’t help. The Spaniard, who has gone through his Wimbledon Last-OSM match against Cameron Norrie in direct sets, is in his eighth career of the Grand Slam semifinals, where he faces Fritz on Friday. So far he has played 18 large companies. That was also his 23. Alcaraz’s career record on the grass is 34-3. The 22-year-old Spaniard to join Bjorn Borg as the only man in an open era to achieve the double Roland Garrosa-Wimbledon in consecutive years, is the third youngest man in the open era to achieve three consecutive semifinals of Wimbledon, Bjorn Borg and Rafael Nadal. “I don’t want my winning lane to stop at the age of 23, I just want to keep it running,” Alcaraz said with a smile.
Alcaraz, whose average speed of the first serving in the tournament is at 123.9 MPH, has hit 62 aces in its run for the last four, but has 24 double errors. The Spaniard faced 46 turns and saved 36 in his five matches, while transforming 46 percent of chances to a break (27 out of 59). Fritz, 6’5 ”, one of the larger servers on tour, 125.3 mph averages per portion and has 95 aces and nine double errors, saving 11 out of 18 turning points. Fritz, who follows his head to his head 0-2, is pleased that their third meeting is not on the clay and plays with Wilson Balls in Roland Garros. “Grass is an equalizer, it can be an equalizer,” the American said in his first Wimbledon semifinals. “I believe in how I play. I know how I played the first two sets in the semifinals (against Karen Khanov), on the other hand there is nothing opponent.” These are skyscraper words from the American who will watch it back up when they climb the grass on the first semifinal on Friday. Fritz, 27 -year -old No. 5, won two events of the ATP 250 series on Grass in Stuttgart and Eastbourne, coming to Wimbledon. “I won’t let him play aggressively or control,” Alcaraz said.
