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This Sunday, from 9:30 a.m. (Argentine time), Carlos Alcaraz (No. 3 in the ATP ranking) and Alexander Zverev (4th), face each other in the final of Roland Garros 2024. The match takes place at the Philippe Chatrier stadium, the central court of the Stade Roland Garros complex in Paris, France, and can be seen live on television through ESPN, as well as streaming through the platform Star+.
The Spaniard dreams of winning his third Grand Slam after the consecrations at US Open 2021 and Wimbledon 2022, a trophy that, in turn, would be the eighth on clay throughout his career (he celebrated at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires and Umag, at the ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro and in Barcelona and at the Masters 1000 in Madrid twice). In the semifinals he eliminated none other than Jannik Sinner (new No. 1 in the world as of next Monday) in a great match that lasted more than four hours and ended 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3 in favor of the Murcian. In the last edition he reached the semi-finals, in which he lost to Serbian Novak Djokovic, later champion, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 and 6-1.
The German, for his part, does not know what it is to win a major: his best result came in the US Open 2020, when he played in the final and lost with Austrian Dominic Thiem 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 and 7-6. With your ticket to this year’s definition He ended a streak of three consecutive eliminations in the top four at Roland Garros (in 2021 he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas, in 2022 he abandoned due to injury against Rafael Nadal, and in 2023 he couldn’t beat Casper Ruud). This year he eliminated Ruud in that round precisely by 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 and 6-2 and he took revenge for the last edition, in which the Norwegian eliminated him in straight sets
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