{"id":20174,"date":"2023-04-22T17:10:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-alcaraz-beats-evans-to\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T17:14:14","slug":"tennis-alcaraz-beats-evans-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-alcaraz-beats-evans-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Alcaraz beats Evans to set up Barcelona final with Tsitsipas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) &#8211;     World number two Carlos Alcaraz reached the final of the Barcelona Open after beating Briton Daniel Evans 6-2 6-2 on Saturday to set up a showdown with fellow top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas who defeated Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 5-7 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz, who had an injury-plagued start to the season and was beaten in the semi-final of last week&#8217;s Miami Open by Jannik Sinner, was unstoppable against Evans, even as he appeared to be conserving his energy for the claycourt season.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old Alcaraz broke early in the first set and closed it 6-2 in 38 minutes. He raced to 4-1 in the second and beat Evans in 80 minutes to reach the final in Barcelona for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>World number five Tsitsipas had a more complicated challenge against Musetti, surrendering a break in the third game. However, he managed to fight back and clinch the first set 6-4 after winning three consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek player quickly moved to 5-3 and had the opportunity to serve for the match, but collapsed under pressure, allowing Musetti to fight back and win the second set 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>Musetti came close to a break point in the first game of the decisive set, but Tsitsipas kept his composure and went on to comfortably close out the match.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas will try to claim his first ever win against Alcaraz, who in December became the youngest year-end No. 1 in the history of the ATP. Alcaraz defeated Tsitsipas in the 2021 US Open and in last year&#8217;s Miami Masters and Barcelona Open.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p> (Reporting by Fernando Kall\u00e1s in Madrid; Editing by Christian Radnedge)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-alcaraz-beats-evans-to\/atp-500-barcelona-open\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06N-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06N-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-alcaraz-beats-evans-to\/atp-500-barcelona-open-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06Q-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06Q-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-alcaraz-beats-evans-to\/atp-500-barcelona-open-3\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06P-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06P-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-alcaraz-beats-evans-to\/atp-500-barcelona-open-4\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06O-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06O-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/tennis-alcaraz-beats-evans-to\/atp-500-barcelona-open-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/wp-content\/uploads\/Reuters_Direct_Media\/USOnlineReportSportsNews\/tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06R-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2023binary_LYNXNPEJ3L06R-VIEWIMAGE\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) &#8211; World number two Carlos Alcaraz reached the final of the Barcelona Open after beating Briton Daniel Evans 6-2 6-2 on Saturday to set up a showdown with fellow top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas who defeated Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4 5-7 6-3. 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