Carlos Alcaraz knocks down Hurkacz and will play his first Masters 1000 final against Ruud

Nor could

, the defender of the cup, hunt down the great sporting phenomenon of the moment.

will play his first Masters 1000 final in Miami on Sunday after beating the Pole 7-6 (5) and 7-6 (2), in two hours and two minutes.

He is awaited by

, sixth seed and also a debutant in a dispute of such magnitude, that he liquidated

6-4, 6-1.

Hurkacz's service was not enough, also subdued, as have been 17 of the 19 rivals that Alcaraz has had this season.

Champion in Rio de Janeiro and semi-finalist in Indian Wells, he makes a new qualitative leap in his captivating future.

Four Spaniards,

and

the latter on five occasions, have played the men's final in Miami, but none of them has been able to win it.

did it twice

.

Alcaraz, who also knows how to solve matches without being at his best level, is called upon to do so against Ruud, an opponent whom he already defeated last year in the Marbella quarterfinals 6-4, 6-2, when he had not yet given the colossal growth spurt

Alcaraz, seeded 16, managed the semi-final match with the authority of a veteran.

He knew how to wait for his moment against the giant Hurkacz, eighth favorite, whom he knocked down in two

, a territory where, given his characteristics, he usually feels particularly comfortable.

The one from Wroclaw, 1.96 meters tall, has synthetic tennis, which depends considerably on the service, with which he added 13

.

Surprising winner of the tournament last year, in an edition marked by absences, with the world still badly hit by the pandemic, he is a good competitor on fast surfaces, where he has won four of his titles.

In 2021 he was a Wimbledon semifinalist, after hitting

6-0 in the quarterfinals.

patient and firm

Players like him can become a headache on hard courts.

He had defeated

in the quarterfinals and put a high price on his serve, with many variations, against a serious, firm, patient Alcaraz waiting for any loophole in the best argument of his opponent.

The first setback, in the eighth game, was solved by the Spaniard with the fantasy that he is accustomed to, a left shot from the right

from the reach of the giant.

After the very intense match against

, the tennis player of the

Palmar seemed to lack some spark, as if ideas were not flowing as usual and his legs were sometimes slow to respond.

He also had, however, two chances to break, solved by the Pole in the tenth game with a direct serve and a forehand cross.

With 5-6 down, and 30-0 on his side, Alcaraz asked to repeat a point that the chair umpire had awarded him when he estimated that the ball answered by Hurkacz had bounced twice when it did not.

all a detail

of the kid, who won the game and took the tiebreaker thanks to a return to the feet on the climb to the net of the Pole with a second serve.

Racket against the floor and logical symptoms of frustration.

It was the first tiebreaker that he lost of the three disputed in this edition of the tournament.

The second set obeyed similar parameters.

Alcaraz was able to strike an almost definitive blow if he had made a break option profitable in the second game, but it was he who had to save two in a delicate moment, on the border of a new tiebreaker.

Once there, in a disadvantageous situation, he made Hurkacz hesitate again, erratic with the right throughout the match.

"This victory is yours,

", he wrote this time on camera, with his coach, who has just lost his father, always present.

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