Carlos Alcaraz became the quarterfinals of Rotterdam Open on Thursday with a comfortable victory in the right sets over the Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori. The best Alcaraz sown had too much fire and precision power for Vavassori, classified in 317 in the world, leaving without a 6-2, 6-1 winner in just over an hour. “Today, I think I hit everything quite well. I only hope to continue and be a little better the next round,” said the Spanish after the game. Taking an aid to breathe in the nose while recovering from the disease, Alcaraz had a flight beginning, breaking in the first game and sealing set 6-2 when the Italian pushed a right-wing blow.
The Spanish again broke early on the second set, taking the third game with a sumptuous lobe. A second break quickly followed while the Italian double failure.
Alcaraz concluded the game with another service break, sending a powerful right return at the foot of the Italian, which could only hit him.
“I didn’t have ups and downs today, which is good for me, something I am working on,” Alcaraz said.
Thursday’s victory was a marked contrast with his first round match, when he required almost three hours to send the Botic Van de Zandschulp hero.
“The first game of each tournament is never easy to get used to conditions, so I’m just trying to make the most of the time I spent here in the first round,” he said.
Alcaraz will face Pedro Martínez for a place in the semifinals after his compatriot surprised the fifth Danish seed Holger Rune 6-4, 6-1.
The earliest Thursday, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece saved a game point and fought from a set to overcome local hope Tallon Griekspoor in a three -hour marathon.
The number 12 of the world finally exceeded the energetic resistance of the Dutchman with a 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (8/6), 7-5 Victoria in a match that lasts about three hours.
“I feel that I was here for 10 hours today. I felt that I and Tallon played for years and I feel it was a marathon. We started yesterday and we ended today,” he joked.
“I always felt that it brought me the best. We were both fighting quite well on the court. These are games that will be remembered.”
Tsitsipas now faces a quarter -final clash with the Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci, who shocked the second sown Daniil Medvedev in a three setter marathon on Wednesday.
Also to the quarterfinals in the lower half of the draw is the runner-up last year Alex de Minaur, who defeated Czech adolescent Jakub Mensik 6-4, 6-4.
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