Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz Condensed Match | 2022 US Open Quarterfinal

Oh, hello. He's bringing the heat early, we're told. That forehand was 104 miles an hour. Three points of rich quality. Can't give Alcaraz that many opportunities. Three doubles in the game. Quality in the approach, perhaps just a little shy. Poor game. For a 19-year-old. One of the reasons this guy... ascended up the ranking so quickly was because of the technical ability. It's invaluable the feedback you get. Hello. Game. Full strike into the highest quality. Game. Alcaraz. New ball, please. Early as he's taking the return right now. It's another break. Alcaraz back in front. Set point. And first set, Alcaraz. Some return from the teenager from Spain. Who has taken an opening set. He leads Yannick Sinner. 6-3. Like he didn't know more. Like he didn't Wimbledon, Nick. Yeah. Again, the problem he has off that serve is that he's just kind of looking for the forehand so he's sitting in the backhand corner and there's some space there. And he knows it. Believe it or not, it is the slightly tougher return to hit. In his prior matches either. That is sweet. Try and wrestle the momentum. By the Spaniard. Now stats of the matches. That's where we get a lot of our information from. Oh, that is heavy. That is getting a taste of their own medicine, isn't it? Such an intelligent serve. He used it a lot on his way to the title in Miami on the hard courts earlier this year. Oh, stop it! Wonderful tennis. And Sinner again making a clever choice. Practicing with top, top quality players. Right now is Sinner. Change up of the serving pace. The angles, the feel. Again, Sinner. Mentally, they're both excellent, incredible fighters. Sensational from Carlos Alcaraz. Alcaraz. Again, Alcaraz. Check this out. A big swing of the pendulum occurring right now. Carlos Alcaraz is riding the wave. He's up 6-5. In your life, have you ever seen anything like it? He has seen a lot. And he still shakes his head. What his charge is able to do. And then recover. There's still work to be done. Check this out. Boom! Good recovery. Good night. And the brilliance that we have seen, Nick. Some strike. Alcaraz, 19 wins, 11 defeats in the breakers. Caught the line by a whisker. 2-1. Sinner. Talk about using the full length of the court. Yep. The way he's down, eyes down to the level of the ball to play that drop shot. You see it better. See ya! He was struggling, wasn't he? This moment, it was dipping on him. The old dipper-ripper combo. 3-2. Alcaraz. Both players showcasing all their skills. Elevation, sensation from the Spaniard. Sampres-esque. That's another one of astonishing shots from Sinner. 3-3. Sinner. I mean, I'm thinking regulation volley here. None of that. Into the back end, get a slightly weaker apply. And from here on in. It's just a blazing vector. If you look very carefully, you'll see a vapor trail. Triple digit forehand. 100 miles an hour, that one. This is quality. This is tennis of the highest quality. Made it! It's licked the line, Nick. Let's take a look. He finds the gap. Oh yeah, comfortably in. First ace of the set. Not sure it was the cleanest return of his life. But it might be the most valuable. After the quarterfinals. It's all square in New York. It's one set apiece. Was this clean? Did I do him a disservice? It was not clean. There was a lot of hex spin on it. But a healthy chunk of the frame. Wayne McEwen has just been out, I can tell you. And has informed both players. But the roof is closing. Which is exactly what's happening right in front of our eyes here. Fancy volley. He has kept his composure perfectly here. The perils of coming in against Alcaraz have been illustrated beautifully in that particular exchange. Alcaraz almost throwing this ball at him as if to say how can you hit a volley that well? Ball dropping stuff. It wasn't clean either. Oh, Alcaraz sold him down the river. Lip read what Darren said there. It wasn't, oh no. Can't defend against shot making like that. Just in case you lose position and they score. Again, Alcaraz. Scored with that 4-1 a few times tonight, hasn't he? Up to number 2 in the world. In the live rankings as well. It's also another incentive. I suspect that's the last thing on his mind right now though. Well has he done there. Low ball to Booth. Let's make that shot look easy and it's anything but, folks. Positive, does it? Accuracy. And a return. Of impeccable length. Mesmerizing and magnificent. How's the simplicity of this point? The execution. Oh. Sizable advantage for the Italian. Senna. Always a dangerous approach, shot the inside in forehand. The dynamic movement of Senna. So impressive. Again, Yannick Senna. A shutout of a third set tiebreaker. And Yannick Senna. Takes a two sets to one lead. He's got his eyes on the prize of a place in the last four in New York. Senna leads two sets to one. Again, Senna. No hesitation. New balls, please. In the approach. Not accustomed to seeing. Crushing forehands. And he gets hold of a point. There's no mood to let it go, does he? This is the four. In game. Senna. In game. Fifth in all. 24th break point of the evening for the Spaniard. He's in some trouble. But he's worked his way out of it impressively. 3-62. 6-3. 6-7. 7-5. 6-3. A night that no one will ever surely hear. Ends with the warmest of embraces. That was special.