Yeah man, I did. I had to wake up at a time which was completely shítty for my schedule that day, but I still watched it from beginning to the end.
It was not lightning in a bottle, it was systematically bullying Alcaraz for the way he plays and then Medvedev went one step ahead and started being aggressive himself.
It was Medvedev's highest level in a match since his famous USO F win over Djoko, especially off the ground. He was zoning in the Alca match in a way we've not seen from him since then or before that, going back to the tail end of 2021.
However, Alcaraz's mental walkover in set 2 after losing set 1, where he was the better player; played a major role in deciding the outcome of this match too. It wasn't until the 3rd set, that Alca woke up & decided to fight, and even then he was way too erratic, missing short putaway shots.
Medvedev became aggressive & started to take control of many rallies from the beginning, but again, their matchup is poised in the favour of Carlitos even when Meddy is aggressive, so ofc I'd expect him to do better than to find bottom of the net or stands when Meddy was asking to be broken back at 5-3 in set 4.
The person you are quoting is right, their match up is court dependent, on this slow court Alcaraz should win easily.
Their matchup is not court dependent, Alcaraz has a general matchup advantage everywhere over Medvedev. Otherwise, how'd you explain the Turin & Wimbledon matches going the way of Alca, where the conditions are low bouncing and/or fast.
As Alcaraz grows older and Medvedev regresses even further, he should be coming on top on any court.
Medvedev is one of my favourite players and I'd want him to win something big on HC this year. He's been so unlucky to run into Alcaraz or d0p€r Sinner last year, again & again, for every big HC run of his.
If the d0p€r had been caught right at the beginning of his d0p!ng run(probably somewhere around August 2023), Medvedev would've won AO, USO & Miami last year.
