“Emperor” of the grass court: “Little Nadal” again

Carlos Alcaraz's journey to the 2025 Queen's Club title was perhaps most difficult in the quarter-final match against Jaume Munar. The match lasted three hours in the terrible heat, seemingly draining the "Little Nadal" of his energy. However, just one day after that marathon match, Alcaraz entered the quarter-final match against Rinderknech, with abundant energy and extremely solid play. Against an opponent with powerful serves, Alcaraz still completely dominated the game, not giving his opponent any chance to break his serve. The result of 7-5, 6-4 showed Alcaraz's superiority in character and clear progress on the grass court.

Facing his compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut in the semi-finals, “Little Nadal” continued to have a great match. The speedy and brave playing style of “Little Nadal” made Agut extremely difficult. Along with that, in the service games, Alcaraz also quickly won. With an overwhelming position in the first set, Alcaraz won the break-point in game 3 and ended the first set with a score of 6-4. The scenario of the first set was repeated in the second set, when the match was too difficult for Agut. The 37-year-old player tried very hard but was helpless to let Alcaraz win the break-point in game 5. “Little Nadal” ended the second set with a score of 6-4. With a final victory of 2-0, Alcaraz entered the final to meet Jiri Lehecka, the player who defeated the hope of the host country England, Jack Draper. In the final, "Little Nadal" clearly affirmed his status as a championship candidate and he won against the player from the Czech Republic, although it was quite difficult.

The last time they met, Lehecka defeated Alcaraz in Doha. Meeting in the final of Queen's Club 2025, Lehecka was not afraid of the world number 2. Lehecka started the match quite well, maintaining a solid serve. However, a mistake in the 11th game made Lehecka pay the price. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Alcaraz immediately won the next game without much difficulty to win 7-5 in the first set.

In set 2, Alcaraz showed his impressive serving ability, but Lehecka had a chance to break away in set 12 and brought the set into a tie-break. Here, Lehecka was the more courageous player when he won the tie-break with a score of 7-5. In the deciding set, Alcaraz showed his class and courage as the world's number 2 player. Not giving his opponent any chance in the set, "Little Nadal" won overwhelmingly 6-2.

With the 2025 Queen's Club title, Alcaraz extended his winning streak to 18 consecutive matches, his career best on all surfaces. With the recent Roland Garros title, Alcaraz has affirmed himself as the perfect heir to the ‏“ ‏King of Clay” Rafael Nadal. And now with the 2025 Queen's Club title, ‏“ ‏Little Nadal” continues to prove that on grass he is also worthy of replacing Roger Federer to be crowned ‏“ ‏Emperor”.

Source: https://baobinhthuan.com.vn/hoang-de-mat-san-co-lai-la-tieu-nadal-131246.html