Grand Slam · Analysis

Alcaraz saves 3 match points and survives

Stared down the finish line and refused to lose. Ice in the veins from Alcaraz.

By Dan Pell · 5 min read

Great Escape99CHAOS

99/100

Chaos Rating · INFERNO

came back from two sets down · went the distance · saved 3 match points · 13 break points faced

Alcaraz beat Rune 4-6 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-2 at Grand Slam, R3, in a match that ran to 3h36.

It should have been over. Alcaraz saved 3 match points before turning the match on its head — the kind of escape that defines a season.

By the numbers, Alcaraz saved 7 of 13 break points, struck 9 aces.

Court Chaos rates it 99/100 — inferno (came back from two sets down; went the distance; saved 3 match points).

4-6 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-23h36 on courtsaved 7/13 BP9 aces