The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz21 years old and currently 3rd in the world, savored his 50th Grand Slam victoryafter beating the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (9th) in three sets and qualifying for the semifinals of Roland Garrosinstance that will face the Italian Jannik Sinner (2nd), of 22, who also celebrated, on the same day, fifty wins.
The Murcian, who some time ago became the youngest ranking leader in the history of the men’s circuit, once again exposed his immense talentthis time on the brick dust of the Philippe Chatrier stadium, to equal an incredible mark of precocity of his countryman Rafael Nadaleliminated from Paris in the first round, and become part of a formidable list alongside illustrious players.
The pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero, two-time Grand Slam champion (US Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2023), became, 21 years and 35 days oldin it fourth most premature tennis player in reaching the 50 tournament successes Majors, exactly sharing the figure with the left-handed Manacorí.
The roster is dominated by the Swede Bjorn Borg (20 years and 98 days), while the German Boris Becker (20 years and 224 days) and the Swedish Mats Wilander (20 years and 291 days) complete the podium. Already in the sixth box, after the Spanish, is the Serbian Novak Djokovicaged 21 years and 108 days, who will not appear in the quarterfinals due to an injury to his right knee, giving up the ATP throne starting next Monday.
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