Alcaraz tends to play a hard hitting game, which gave the impression to most he is a great baseliner thrown in any scenario, but in reality he is vulnerable when he is not on top of his opponent.
Matches like the USO semi and the recent AO quarterfinal exposed just that. When Alcaraz has a lot of room to manuever he finds powerful shots, dropshots, nice angles. But when Medvedev returned his power back with interest and when robbed of time, all of these 'nice' shots vanished because he couldn't execute the essential one, which was matching the rally pace of his opponent.
Against Zverev or against Dimi yesterday, when faced with hard hitting and forced to counterpunch, he became a sitting duck, feeding weak responses and errors.
This stems from 2 things: his footwork being less than elite and his hitting technique from both wings being out of sync with his footwork.
On the FH he does the arm charging thing, except when he gets rushed he is out of balance and tends to fall backwards, resulting in a weaker, loopier shot and on the BH side he gets jammed due to the stiff arm technique, being unable to generate any angle and pose a threat as a counterpuncher.
Also noticed deep slices make him fall backward on his FH when he is hitting it.
The fact his footwork and hitting technique are suboptimal when rushed greatly hurt his counterpunching and ability to construct points, which are a core part of what makes every great baseliner in the modern era.
By contrast, someone like Sinner executes the counterpunching and point construction better due to a more stable footwork and tighter hitting technique, which should win him more matches on average, but lacks the A game power and creativity of Alcaraz.
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阿尔卡拉斯倾向于打一场强硬的比赛,这给大多数人留下了他在任何情况下都是一个伟大的底线进攻投手的印象,但实际上,当他不在对手之上时候,他非常的脆弱。
USO 半决赛和最近的 AO 四分之一决赛等比赛就暴露了这一点。当阿尔卡拉斯有很大的操作空间时,他会找到强有力的正手进攻、吊球和漂亮的角度。但当梅德韦杰夫满怀兴趣地恢复力量,并且时间被剥夺时,所有这些“漂亮”的进攻都消失了,因为他无法执行关键的一个部分,与对手的底线强相持相匹配。
对阵兹维列夫或昨天对阵迪米,当面对猛烈打击并被迫反击时,他变成了一只待宰的鸭子,反应无力,失误不断。
这源于两件事:他的步法不够出色,以及他的两翼击球技术与他的步法不同步。
在正手侧,他会用手臂冲锋,而他被调动时,他会失去平衡并倾向于向后摔倒,从而导致反击更弱、更容易失误;而在反手侧,他会由于僵硬的手臂技术而被卡住,无法进攻。产生任何角度并构成反击的威胁。
还注意到,当他击球时,深切球会让他的FH向后摔倒。
事实上,他的步法和击球技术在冲刺时并不是最理想的,这极大地损害了他的反击能力和构建得分的能力,而这是现代每一个伟大的底线手的核心部分。
相比之下,像辛纳这样的人由于更稳定的步法和更严格的击球技术而能够更好地执行反击和建点,这应该会让他平均赢得更多比赛,但缺乏阿尔卡拉斯的A级比赛力量和创造力。