Carlos Alcaraz (ATP 3/N.3) obtained his ticket for the semi-finals of Roland-Garros, second Grand Slam event, Saturday on Parisian clay. The Spaniard dominated his Greek competitor Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 9/N.9) in three units, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4. He thus joins the Italian Jannik Sinner (ATP 2/N.2) within the final 4.
Barely shaken by Dutch qualifier Jesper de Jong (ATP 176) within the 2nd spherical, Alcaraz demonstrated his superiority and kind in opposition to Tsitsipas. The Spaniard made the break within the first recreation, and concluded on the opposing service to win the primary set.
Carlos Alcaraz continued his momentum with an entry break within the second set, however Stefanos Tsitsipas reacted properly to drive the tie-break. On this one, nonetheless, the world No.3 dominated the exchanges and doubled his lead.
A transformed break level was sufficient within the third set. Alcaraz then sailed easily till changing the attempt on the primary match level.
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Carlos Alcaraz reaches the ultimate 4 of Roland-Garros for the second time in a row. Final 12 months, he was overwhelmed there by the Serbian Novak Djokovic. To any extent further, it’s Jannik Sinner, who will grow to be world No.1 on Monday, who will stand in his option to the ultimate.
For Tsitsipas, it’s one other failure within the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros in opposition to Carlos Alcaraz. The identical poster on the identical stadium noticed the identical end result, in three units, final 12 months. The Greek reached the ultimate in 2021, and the semi-final in 2020. He has not gone past the quarters since.
On Wednesday, the one quarter-final on show will pit the German Alexander Zverev (ATP 4/N.4) in opposition to the Australian Alex De Minaur (ATP 11/N.11). World No.1 Novak Djokovic, injured within the knee, withdrew earlier than going through Norwegian Casper Ruud (ATP 7/N.7).
Alcaraz sinner Roland-Garros tsitsipas
