{"id":439662,"date":"2023-07-13T03:40:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T07:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=439662"},"modified":"2023-07-13T03:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T07:40:54","slug":"alcaraz-defeats-rune-in-straight-sets-to-set-up-clash-with-medvedev","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/alcaraz-defeats-rune-in-straight-sets-to-set-up-clash-with-medvedev\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz defeats Rune in straight sets to set up clash with Medvedev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz came out on top in his 1\/4 final match with Holger Rune 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4 to set up a crunch 1\/2 final with Russian Danill Medvedev at the Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>It was an equal first set, which went down to the wire with Alcaraz edging out in the end.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HISTORY AT THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB \ud83d\udcdc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlosalcaraz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carlosalcaraz<\/a> defeats Rune to become the youngest man to reach the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Wimbledon<\/a> semifinals since 2007! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9IeDed5zb5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9IeDed5zb5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisChannel\/status\/1679182105727868928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rune kept the Spaniard honest throughout the whole match, but the the 20-year-old made very little mistakes and closed out the 2nd and 3rd sets with just a single break in both.<\/p>\n<p>With the result, Alcaraz reaches the 1\/2 finals of Wimbledon for the first time in his short career in his only 4th senior tournament on grass.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Amazing Alcaraz \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wimbledon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Wimbledon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlosalcaraz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@carlosalcaraz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QViEydFPs8\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/QViEydFPs8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wimbledon\/status\/1679181379269951496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, it is a dream to be able to play a semi-final here. I think I am playing great, a good level. On this surface, it is crazy,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard next test will be equally as tough as he faces Russia&#8217;s top seed Daniil Medvedev &#8211; both have one a Grand Slam at the US Open and will be looking to repeat that feat on grass.<\/p>\n<p>In the other 1\/2 final Novak Djokovic, who is looking for his record-equaling 8th Wimbledon title, is taking on Italian Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz came out on top in his 1\/4 final match with Holger Rune 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4 to set up a crunch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":439664,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16732,16741,17072],"news_category":[16714,16715],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"video":[],"announce":"The Spaniard was precise and clinical as he overcame the Dane's resistence"},"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\/439662"}],"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=439662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/439662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439662"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=439662"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=439662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}