Alcaraz almost stopped playing the point as he gestured to the umpire and looked surprise that he was not immediately awarded the point. Struff went on to win the point and Alcaraz complained to the chair umpire about the call at the changeover. ‘I’m not sure about it,’ Alcaraz told the umpire. ‘I would have asked for a challenge.

Alcaraz's tennis is so often a highlight reel but on grass, he does his most devastating work in the negative spaces of points.