{"id":312315,"date":"2023-04-22T17:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/22\/alcaraz-eases-past-evans-to-set-up-tsitsipas-final-in-barcelona-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:03:01","slug":"alcaraz-eases-past-evans-to-set-up-tsitsipas-final-in-barcelona-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/22\/alcaraz-eases-past-evans-to-set-up-tsitsipas-final-in-barcelona-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz eases past Evans to set up Tsitsipas final in Barcelona | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-99696523,imgsize-40534.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/barcelona\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-BARCELONA-https:\/\/www.happytrips.com\/topic\/barcelona\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">BARCELONA<\/a> (Spain): Defending champion <!-- -->Carlos Alcaraz<!-- --> swept past Dan <!-- -->Evans<!-- --> 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to set up a Barcelona Open final clash with Stefanos <!-- -->Tsitsipas<!-- -->.<br \/>The Greek second seed earlier defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to reach the final for the third time.<br \/>World number two <!-- -->Alcaraz<!-- --> beat Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals at Barcelona last year in three sets in what was the Spaniard&#8217;s third win in three meetings against the Greek.<br \/>Alcaraz missed the Monte Carlo Masters last week because of hand and back problems and has not been at his most consistent on his way to the final.<br \/>An easy win over Nuno Borges was followed by trickier triumphs against Spanish compatriots Roberto Bautista Agut and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.<br \/>Chasing down his third title of the season after triumphs at Buenos Aires and Indian Wells, home favourite Alcaraz started impressively.<br \/>The 19-year-old top seed won the first game without dropping a point, sealing it with an ace, ominously for Evans, who was pulled all over the court.<br \/>Alcaraz broke for a 3-1 lead and the 2022 US Open champion showed little mercy from then on, winning six consecutive games before Evans broke for the first time, to trail 4-1 in the second set.<br \/>Alcaraz clinched victory after an hour and 20 minutes with another pinpoint winner past Evans.<br \/>Tsitsipas lost on both occasions he reached the Barcelona final against Rafael Nadal in 2018 and 2021.<br \/>Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam title winner, pulled out this year as he recovers from a hip injury.<br \/>World number five Tsitsipas needed three sets to beat Musetti, who put up a decent fight.<br \/>&#8220;We had to cover lots of metres on the court and he had some incredible defensive shots that I really didn&#8217;t expect at all, it was such a mental challenge,&#8221; said Tsitsipas.<br \/>&#8220;I had to go out there and fight it all through (with) the determination of a lion, and just (went) out there to do the best I can.&#8221;<br \/>Musetti twice went a break up in an entertaining first set, but Tsitsipas, runner-up at the Australian Open in January, battled back immediately both times.<br \/>The Italian saved match point in the second set at 5-4 down to force a decisive third set, but was outplayed by his opponent, who showed more focus than earlier on.<br \/>Tsitsipas survived a break point in the first game of the third set and then broke himself for 2-0, applying pressure on Musetti&#8217;s serve.<br \/>Musetti did not have to play his quarter-final clash after Jannik Sinner withdrew through illness, but Tsitsipas was the stronger in the third set.<br \/>Tsitsipas wrapped up the win after two hours and 28 minutes, seeing out his final two service games without dropping a point.<\/div>\n<p><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n      var scripts = [\n      'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js',\n      'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-2.cms',\n      'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n    ];\n      scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n        let script = document.createElement('script');\n        script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n        if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (!false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n          script.src = url;\n        } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n          script.src = url;\n        }\n        script.async = true;\n        script.defer = true;\n        document.body.appendChild(script);\n      });\n    }\n  }\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/tennis\/top-stories\/alcaraz-eases-past-evans-to-set-up-tsitsipas-final-in-barcelona\/articleshow\/99696518.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] BARCELONA (Spain): Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz swept past Dan Evans 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to set up a Barcelona Open final clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas.The Greek second seed earlier defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to reach the final for the third time.World number two Alcaraz beat Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals at Barcelona last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":312316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[276459,872,73792,379972,8195],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}