{"id":415889,"date":"2023-02-18T00:36:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T05:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=415889"},"modified":"2023-02-18T00:41:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T05:41:12","slug":"alcaraz-storms-into-semifinals-after-cruising-past-lajovic","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/alcaraz-storms-into-semifinals-after-cruising-past-lajovic\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz storms into semifinals after cruising past Lajovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top seed Carlos Alcaraz, playing for the first time since early November, shrugged off chilly conditions to sweep into the semi-finals of the Argentina Open with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Serbia\u2019s Dusan Lajovic on Friday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a way to end!<\/p>\n<p>In a highlight reel match, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlosalcaraz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carlosalcaraz<\/a> finishes off Lajovic 6-4 6-2 to secure his spot in the semis.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArgentinaOpen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ArgentinaOpen<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ArgOpen2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ArgOpen2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t2F9WPwyv5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/t2F9WPwyv5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ATP Tour (@atptour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atptour\/status\/1626757520772460546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish world number two, who is making his return to tennis at this week\u2019s event in Buenos Aires after a four-month injury layoff, eased into the last four with a comfortable victory in one hour and 33 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything was very different from what we have been used to \u2013 there was rain and it was cold,\u201d 19-year-old Alcaraz said of the conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the tennis player\u2019s day-to-day job is to adapt to the conditions, and I think a great match came out. I have competed very well, I have played at a great level, but I want to continue improving in the semi-finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s quarter-finals took place in chilly conditions after a week of wild weather swings in Buenos Aires which saw temperatures go from 38.1 C (100.6 degrees Fahrenheit) last Sunday to 7.9C (46.2F) on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz will face either Spain\u2019s Bernabe Zapata Miralles, who beat Argentinian fifth seed Francisco Cerundolo in three sets in the last four.<\/p>\n<p>In the other side of the draw, Peruvian qualifier Juan Pablo Varillas will play Britain\u2019s Cameron Norrie for a place in the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top seed Carlos Alcaraz, playing for the first time since early November, shrugged off chilly conditions to sweep into the semi-finals of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":415890,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17555,16732],"news_category":[16714],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"The match took place in chilly conditions after a week of wild weather swings in Buenos Aires","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/415889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/415889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415889"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=415889"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=415889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}