Alcaraz crushes Bagnis to reach the semi-finals in Umag

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In the third game of the match,

already let out a first cry of frustration.

The Argentine knew well that he needed the best version of him to even have options to stand up to

but he neither gave it nor would it have been enough to assault the Murcian, who moves through the clay of

as if it were his.

Alcaraz secured the victory with enormous authority (6-0, 6-4 in 1 hour and 23 minutes of play) and will face the Italian

A year ago Alcaraz won the first title of his career in Umag and now he returns as number five in the world (the youngest since

with four more trophies in his backpack and a determination that undermines his rival's will until he breaks.

After three games, Bagnis was already desperate.

He was not fine, and the Murcian does not wait for anyone.

The Argentine knows Carlos Alcaraz well, whom he had faced twice on the

Both ended with victory for the Murcian.

The most recent, just 14 months ago in the final of the

From that he got for the first time among the 100 best in the world.

It was the launch of the rocket.

Like against the Slovakian

Alcaraz opened the match by breaking Bagnis' serve.

And this time he had no brake.

He broke again in the third, also in the fifth and again in the seventh.

He was on point in the ninth, where Bagnis's frustration surfaced again.

What would the scene be like, that when the Argentine managed to get the game forward, he won the audience's applause.

A forehand down the line, a two-handed crosscourt backhand, an answer for everything.

Alcaraz stood at the back of the track and dominated Bagnis, who only managed to let go after that small partial victory.

The Murcian went down, the Argentine grew, and for a moment a light went on for the Rosario.

He had a break point to lead 5-5 in the second round, but the rush revived the best Alcaraz.

Turned into a wall again, the Murcian sealed the ticket to his seventh semifinal of the season.

His rival will be the Italian Giulio Zeppieri, number 164 in the world, who beat the Valencian

by a tight 7-5, 6-4.

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