Carlos Alcaraz is used to having the fans in his corner, but he won’t be able to win all the Brits over Tuesday in his quarterfinal showdown with Cameron Norrie at Wimbledon. Norrie will enjoy plenty of support on Centre Court, and he’ll do so on a surface where he should be able to give Alcaraz some trouble. That’s why I’m grabbing some plus-money odds on the Brit to win a set.
With the possible exception of his 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Oliver Tarvet in the second round, none of Alcaraz’s wins at Wimbledon have been straightforward. Fabio Fognini took him to a fifth set in the first round, and he needed four sets to get by Jan-Lennard Struff and Andrey Rublev in his last two matches. Alcaraz has always been a little guilty of playing with his food in matches. Aleksandar Vukic, who recently lost in straight sets against Jannik Sinner, did a good job of illustrating what separates the Spaniard from the Italian. He said that Sinner suffocates opponents and exposes all weaknesses. Alcaraz, for all his excellence, gives opponents opportunities to get into matches.