Carlos Alcaraz finds no opponent in Tsitsipas and will challenge the new number 1 in the semi-finals of Roland Garros
Carlos Alcaraz He continues to make history despite his young age. At 21 years and 30 days, He became the eleventh member of the men’s Navy to repeat in the Roland Garros semi-final..
They achieved this before him Manolo Santana, Andres Gimeno, Manolo Orantes, José Higueras, Sergi Bruguera, Alex Corretja, Albert Costa, Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal.
The quarter-finals of the previous edition were repeated between Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas. and the same result was also given. Spanish victory 6-3, 7-6(3) and 6-4, who finishes in the top four at a Grand Slam for the fifth time. On Friday he will face Jannik Sinner, who will become number 1 next Monday. They have 50 wins in majors.
Carlitos started as he liked, the rest with a “break”. His victim remembered ghosts from the past. All the long points were on the Spaniard’s side, so the Athenian went on the attack: one upload after another to the network.
“Okay Charlie, okay“, encouraged the El Palmar tennis player. The second break gave him the first round. Stefanos wandered on the sand of Philippe Chatrier, which he stepped on for the first time in this edition. The last time he did this, he also gave up with Alcaraz.
In continuation, The score became 3-0 in favor of the pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero.. Tsitsipas, who had no tennis arguments, had no choice but to look for the noise of the stands, who wanted more because the tickets were very expensive.
French followers He has already faced Murcian in the round of 16 of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000 in 2021.. This time he met with local Hugo Gaston. He wasn’t going to fall on the same rock twice.
Ben Stiller’s face stood out in the front row of the box.. The actor, an avowed follower of Rafael Nadal, already seems to have a new favorite player.
No one can resist the magic of the young champion of two majors, which John McEnroe visited at the previous training.
The Roland Garros headquarters looks like a Roman circus. If you give it to people, they will respond with applause. At 4-2, Alcaraz had a slight disconnect and paid for it by giving up serve. The ball eluded him at 5-3 to tie the game at four.
The second set was to be decided by sudden death. The best one won. Stefanos He approached the chair umpire to protest about his opponent’s noise when hitting the ball..
The moment he remembered to aim for his backhand, the result accelerated. Tsitsipas hits the Spaniard with a shot in the fifth match, something he didn’t really like. In the seventh game, the Athenian made two double faults, which cost him the match.
Rivalry between present and future
Carlitos and Sinner live parallel lives. Designed to replace the Big Three and maintain a long-running rivalry, they will both face eighth place for a place in the final. The Italian, despite the physical doubts he had due to the condition of his hip, gave a good assessment of Grigor Dimitrov.
Alcaraz also came under difficulty due to swelling of the pronator teres muscle of his right arm, which prevented him from competing in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome. He plays with a compression net, although now for the second time at the tournament he will have two days of rest.
More rest days
And all thanks to the debut on Sunday, May 26th. He had two days off between the first and second rounds and took advantage of them to take a day off from tennis and visit the Palace of Versailles with the rest of his team. The Musketeers Cup is on the horizon.
Tsitsipas will always have the opportunity to play the third round of doubles with his brother Petros for love.