Carlos Alcaraz unhappy with Holger Rune as Wimbledon star wins point after tweener.
Holger Rune got the fans out of their seat with his audacious tweener at the baseline.
Carlos Alcaraz appeared far from impressed with Holger Rune after the Danish tennis ace pulled off a
tweener during their tense Wimbledon quarter-final.
Both Rune and Alcaraz are seen as the future of men’s tennis with the pair born
just days apart and only recently turning 20 years of age.
As well as being two of the most talented players on tour already, both Rune and Alcaraz know how to put on a show for the paying public.
Alcaraz may be more subtle with this way of entertaining the crowd with his tennis ability getting fans out of their seats.
But Rune has earned a reputation on the ATP Tour early in his career for testing the limits at times.
He feeds off energy from the crowd and the Dane had the Centre Court spectators on his side with an
audacious tweener at a crucial part of the match.
Rune was looking to hold serve towards the latter stages of the first set when Alcaraz managed to land in a lob to the back of the court.
Unable to twist around for a forehand or backhand, Rune opted to send one back with a tweener while facing the wrong way.
The ball miraculously landed in, almost to Alcaraz’s surprise, who then fired his forehand into the net.
The Spaniard almost immediately dropped his head in disgust and walked away in anger towards his towel.
Rune eventually managed to hold his serve from there and neither player had many opportunities to change the score in the first set.
Rune was the only player to create one break-point opportunity,
which came in the very first game.But Alcaraz managed to save that break point with nothnig separating the two until the tiebreak.
The world No 1 eventually took his chance when it mattered in the tiebreak to put himself in control early in the match.
However, Rune has shown already in the previous two rounds that he’s able to deal with going behind.
The Dane lost the opening set against Grigor Dimitrov before winning in four.