The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, number 3 in the world, defeated the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (N.9) this Tuesday by 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 and advanced to the semifinals of Roland Garros, where he will face the Italian Jannik Sinner on Friday, June 7 at the Philippe Chatrier track.
‘Carlitos’ thus equals the result achieved last yearwhen he was eliminated in four sets against future champion Novak Djokovic.
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This year he will face Sinner, one of the fittest players of the moment and that he already won the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open in January.
“I am grateful to have Jannik on the circuit because he makes me a better player”Alcaraz assessed about his next rival.
“When the draw came out, everyone wanted that semi-final between Jannik and me, I’m looking forward to playing against him and for the head-to-head to be positive. Playing against him is one of the biggest challenges in tennis right now.”he added about the Italian.
Sinner and Alcaraz They come to that duel with equal wins in their eight previous matches, with 4 for each one.
The most recent precedent was the semifinals of the last Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, where the Spaniard inflicted Sinner one of the only two defeats that the Italian has suffered in 2024.
“In the games I have played against Jannik I have learned to play against him, to deal with situations,” said the Spaniard.
“The semifinals (of Indian Wells) help me try to find solutions, In the end he is one of the players who always keeps you at a super high level”the 21-year-old analyzed his last matches against Sinner, 22.
Six losses in six games
For its part, Tsitsipas still hasn’t beaten his black beast, and added a sixth defeat in as many games against the Murcian. The Greek, a finalist in 2021, is eliminated in the quarterfinals again, just like last year.
This Tuesday, in the night session on the Philippe Chatrier court, the young man from Murcia took a first set in just over half an hour, forcefully knocking out the Greek and starting the second set 3-0.
Tsitsipas reacted, returning the ‘break’ to the Spaniard and forcing the ‘tie-break’, in which once again the Spaniard showed himself to be infallible.
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The Greek, whose nervousness was visible due to his forceful complaints, he committed up to 33 unforced errors throughout the matchsuch as the double fault in the seventh game of the third set, which allowed ‘Carlitos’ to break his serve and manage the advantage to close the match after 2 hours and 15 minutes.
