Barcelona and Spain-Holger Rune denied Red Hall’s favorite Carlos Alcaraz as the third Barcelona open trophy.
Alcaraz won the tournament in 2022 and 2023, but the highest seeds were suffering from injuries in the middle of the game, and since the opening of Bavaria in April 2023, Rune has been able to capitalize and beat the first trophy.
But this title was worth the Rune, who won the second seed Casper Rud in the quarter -finals, and Al Karaz fell to third place in the ATP ranking under the Alexander Zverev, who won the Munich Open on Sunday.
Rune said, “It means the world. It was a big game. At first, Carlos was definitely a big tennis, and I had to take a lot of breath and find my rhythm.”
Alcaraz was out of the block at the beginning of the opening set, and the show was sometimes a drop shot with a strong return of the baseline and Spain climbed 3-2.
But in a few minutes, Rune broke through the set before going up 4-3 to stun fans in the oldest tennis club in Spain. Alcaraz found that he stayed in a set twice before he was forced to tie brakes.
Alcaraz saved two more set points on the Thai Brake as Rune began to order the point once again. Dane finally converted the fifth set point when the profits of the best seeds were longer.
“When he broke me, I thought I went into the game and played more tennis. It was a big battle in the first set.” “I know how to lose this kind of first set. It was very important to win and get a momentum. So I am proud of myself.”
Alcaraz took 2-1 leads in the second set before taking the medical time to deal with the problems related to thigh muscles or groin. He did not keep the better in his return as Rune raised his game.
Dane was very effective in the net and scored 12 of the 16 points, and the powerful error of Alcaraz began to rise as home fans were frustrated when Rune 5-2 lead.
Rune runs Alkaraz’s return in the championship point, giving Rune a title to love.
Dane said Novak Djokovic made a note on what he won in the RoLand Garros’ Olympic Finals.
Rune said, “I think I like it, let’s play that kind of style.” I’m very satisfied with how it is configured when there is a problem. I was very brave when it was important. “
