Melbourne Park is absolutely jumping.
Carlos Alcaraz just survived a nailbiting five-hour and 27-minute semi-final to beat Alexander Zverev.
He was cruising at two sets to love, but started cramping at 4-4 in the second set. Last year’s runner-up, Zverev, won the next two sets and went an early break up in the fifth. Alcaraz couldn’t take his first five break points in the decider.
But as Zverev served for the match, Alcaraz finally broke. And he reeled off four straight games to win 6-4 7-6 6-7 6-7 7-5, dropping to the ground.
The fans inside the arena went crazy. The night session ticket holders, who are sprawled across the grounds in their thousands, waiting for the second semi-final to start, went crazy.
It’s been a relatively tame tournament – this was the first five-set match on Rod Laver Arena in the entire main draw, and it’s day 13 of 15. But it was clearly well worth the wait, and the spectators know they’ve witnesses something special.
Asked how he won that match, the world No. 1 simply said: « Believing, believing all the time. »
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