Carlos Alcaraz He continues to make history despite his young age. At 21 years and 30 days old, He has become the eleventh member of the men’s Navy to repeat the Roland Garros semifinals.
Before him they had achieved it Manolo Santana, Andrés Gimeno, Manolo Orantes, José Higueras, Sergi Bruguera, Álex Corretja, Albert Costa, Juan Carlos Ferrero, David Ferrer and Rafael Nadal.
The quarterfinals from the last edition were repeated, between Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas, and the same result was also given. Victory for the Spanish 6-3, 7-6(3) y 6-4, who ranks among the top four in a Grand Slam for the fifth time. He will meet Jannik Sinner on Friday, who will be crowned number 1 next Monday. The two have 50 wins in the majors.
Carlitos started as he likes, the rest and with ‘break’. His victim remembered ghosts from the past. The long points were all for the Spaniard so the Athenian went on the attack: one upload after another to the network.
“Good Charlie, good“, the El Palmar tennis player was encouraged. A second break gave him the initial round. Stefanos wandered through the sand of a Philippe Chatrier that he stepped on for the first time in this edition. The last time he did so he also succumbed with Alcaraz.
In the continuation, The score shot up to 3-0 for Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil. Tsitsipas, lacking any tennis argument, had no choice but to look for the noise of a stand that he wanted more because the tickets are very expensive.
French followers He had already messed around with the Murcian in the round of 16 of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000, in 2021. That time he faced the local Hugo Gaston. He wasn’t going to fall on the same stone twice.
In the first row of the box, Ben Stiller’s face stood out. The actor, a recognized follower of Rafael Nadal, seems to already have a new favorite player.
Nobody resists the magic of the young champion of two majors, who received a visit from John McEnroe in previous training.
The Roland Garros headquarters is like the Roman circus. If you give it to the people, they respond with applause. At 4-2, Alcaraz had a small disconnection and paid for it by giving up serve. He missed a 5-3 ball and the result was tied at four.
The second set was going to be decided in sudden death. The best one won. Stefanos He went to the chair umpire to protest about the noise of his rival when hitting the ball.
The moment he remembered to aim at the Greek’s backhand, the outcome accelerated. Tsitsipas hit the Spaniard with a shot in the fifth game, something that did not please him very much. The Athenian committed two double faults in the seventh game that cost him the match.
Rivalry of present and future
Carlitos and Sinner live parallel lives. Called to replace the Big Three and maintain a long rivalry, both will experience the eighth face to face for a place in the final. The Italian, despite the physical doubts he has due to the state of his hip, gave a good account of Grigor Dimitrov.
Alcaraz also arrived in difficulty due to the edema in the pronator teres of his right arm that left him unable to participate in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome. He plays with a compression mesh although now he will have two days of rest for the second time in the tournament.
More days of rest
And all thanks to debuting on Sunday, May 26. Between the first and second rounds, he had two days off and took advantage of them to disconnect from tennis for a whole day and visit the Palace of Versailles with the rest of the members of his team. On the horizon, the Musketeers Cup.
Tsitsipas will always have the ability to play the third round of doubles with his brother Petros for love.
