Carlitos in danger?

It took a decisive tie-break to see Alcaraz defeat Struff, worrying?

Yes and no. Yes because I didn't like certain moments of Carlos' match, too much trash, not enough killer and surprising gross fouls. No because he came across an absolutely monstrous Struff, the German came to move him, to impose his game, to play his luck to the fullest and it's good to have escaped! Right away we can say that seeing Rublev at almost the same odds as Struff is tempting but we have to think about the differences between these players. Where Struff was good was in his game plan, returning long and strong with a lot of risk, serving and volleying often, provoking, coming forward etc. Rublev is aggressive in a different way, he hits harder more continuously and with fewer mistakes, however he is not going to finish points at the net and that will be his biggest problem tomorrow in my opinion. Carlitos is very fast, he was on all of Struff's balls and the guy was waiting for him at the net too, Rublev no. The Russian must find other solutions, if he serves as well as against Griekspoor he will have free points but will it be enough? For me, if Alcaraz was not flamboyant today it was largely due to the level of his opponent as well as the match up. He came out of a tough match, his arm is fine, be careful not to underestimate him.