Beijing time last night, a focus dialogue of the Barcelona Open opened, and both sides were SLR players.
One is Tsitsipas, the top seed who has just won the Monte Carlo Masters and completed the defending career; the other is the fourteenth seed, Bulgarian coach Dimitrov.
Because both use SLR play, they also have a certain "relationship" with Federer.
Dimitrov needless to say. Since his debut, he has been known as "Little Federer", and the two have similar batting styles and even serve movements.
Tsitsipas began to rise to prominence by beating defending champion Federer at the 2019 Australian Open. He is also considered by the public to be the perfect candidate to succeed Federer!
What the two have in common is that, in addition to winning the year-end finals once, the highest ranking in the world has reached the third position.
The difference is that Tsitsipas has won two Masters titles to date, surpassing Dimitrov's one. (2017 Cincinnati Masters)
I thought that the match would be played very well, but I did not expect that the first set showed a one-sided situation. Dimitrov entered the game too slowly, breaking three times in the set before finally making it 1-6 in the first set.
Dimitrov's form improved, and he also took the lead in achieving two breaks.
But he was unstable after the break, and was immediately re-broken by Tsitsipas.
The weirdest thing is that, like another SLR, Tim, who was out of the game in Belgrade's first game, Dimitrov was also sent out by his own double mistake when facing the match point.
In this competition, Tsitsipas was the number one seed of the tournament. In the absence of Nadal, he was seen as the biggest favourite to win the title. Looking back, he was runners-up on both occasions in the tournament, only losing to Nadal in the final.
Even though Nadal is not there, there is "Little Nadal"! The previously postponed match due to rainy weather was only played in the early hours of this morning, and Tsitsipas met Alcaraz again!
It was the third meeting between the two sides since last year's US Open, and the first two Spanish teenagers had the last laugh. This time was no exception, and Alcaraz was once again on the gram. With this victory, his world ranking will also reach the top ten for the first time next week.
Although Tsitsipas won the gorgeous single opposition, but once again lost to Alcaraz, I don't know when the first 500 championship will come after he has won the three major championships? (Source: Tennis House Author: Luo ChengQiye)