Carlitos is already in the final and ensures the medal for the Spanish delegation. Neither the weather nor fatigue. Nothing could stop the Spaniard in his progression towards the long-awaited final. The Spaniards are getting ready »A nice story» on his way to the medal, the one he has already won. But Alcaraz wants more, he wants glory and he goes looking for it. The semi-final against the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime was a declaration of intent: wants gold. In a flawless match where only one can be scored against Murcia, they have certified their place in the grand final. Spanish tennis will have its medal, but everyone dreams of gold.

Nothing was confronted. The Spanish tennis player has had practically no rest since the start of the Olympic event. Between him double with Rafa Nadal and the individual competition, the matches pile up in his schedule and the fatigue in his legs. Already in his quarter-final match against the American Tommy Paul, he had been a victim of this situation, but when the body does not pull, the head must do it and with the idea in his head that he was not playing for himself but for SpainAs he himself said, he found this breath of fresh air, this motivation to give even what he doesn't have.

The semi-finals were already big words, there was no more fatigue possible, it was necessary to give everything to certify the passage to the long-awaited final and ensure the medal for the Spanish delegation. And that is what he did. With a solid first set, where he did not give his opponent any respite, he slipped over the games to win again and again. He only gave up one to close the set with a 1-6 on the scoreboard.

With a sublime game and a concentration that he had not shown for a long time, he faced the first part of the match. Even if there was still time for the Canadian to get down to business. It was not like that. Alcaraz was completely in the spirit of Felix Auger-Aliassimeto whom he did not give a single breath. And if in the first set the Spaniard had been titanic, in the second he was formidable. Nothing could fail, nothing could go wrong. And once again, he added point by point to take the lead on the scoreboard and finish the match without a crack.

With a new 1-6, where the lobs were abandoned, the forehands were not lacking in the tennis of the Spaniard who quickly closed the match to certify the passage to the final and ensure the medal. Carlitos will add a new medal to the Spanish medal table. The one who arrived at the competition as a rookie and will leave high in success after writing his name in the history books of the Olympic Games.

“The doors to the medals have been opened and we will try to play good tennis on Friday in the semi-finals, which is a nice story, a nice feeling if we get a medal. But we try not to think about it but to go match by match and we have a very difficult match,” he said after his quarter-final match. Now you have it. And it is assured. Alcaraz will win another medal for Spanish tennis.