“The worst set of tennis I played in my career”, so said World No 3, Carlos Alcaraz about the first set in his Semi Final, which he lost to British No 1,, Jack Draper at the recent Indian Wells Masters.
But it was Drapers’s conviction in his own game, that really unseated the Spaniard, when Alcaraz grabbed the 2nd and grappled control of the 3rd, the umpire called a double bounce on a drop shot the Brit returned from Alcaraz. Draper insisted on a video review, saying the ball did not bounce twice, thus Mohamed Lahyani, asked for the point to be replayed, whereby Draper demanded another review, claiming Alcaraz had not been put off and the point should be awarded to him. Alcaraz offered no objection and Draper…
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