On April 24, Beijing time, the ATP500 Barcelona semi-finals began to compete, 18-year-old Spanish rising star Alcaraz met with the world's 25th ranked DeMinal. The two youngsters staged a fierce three-set battle in this match, and Alcaraz saved two match points in the second set, and finally defeated DeMinal in three sets to successfully reach the final of the tournament.
After the first set of 2-2 matches, the match was suspended due to rain, and the match was postponed from yesterday to today. In the 12th inning, Alcaraz saved two end-of-set serves and the game went into a tiebreak. De Minar was even better at stealing seven sets, winning 7-4 in the first set to grab seven.
In the 9th set of the second set, Alcaraz lost the serve and Deminarl welcomed the serve to win the set. In the 10th inning, Alcaraz completed a key break to tie the set to 5-5. In the 11th inning, Alcaraz lost again on the serve, and in the 12th he saved two final-point breaks, and the two sides once again went into the tiebreak. Inning seven, Alcaraz won 7-4 and dragged the game into the decider.
The decider Alcaraz started with a back-to-back run to take a 2-0 lead. In the 6th inning, De Minar broke four consecutive runs to make it 3-3. In the 9th set, Alcaraz completed a key break, and then he managed to save the game and win the decider 6-4.
In a match that lasted 3 hours and 39 minutes, the No. 5 seed Alcaraz defeated De Minar 6-7 (4) / 7-6 (4) / 6-4 to successfully reach the final of the event. This is alcaraz's third time this season to reach the tour final, and he will be on the verge of a third crown of the season. The final will be played later, with Alcaraz against compatriot Busta, who eliminated No. 6 seed Schwartzman.