Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz advances to Roland Garros Semifinals, set to face Novak Djokovic

PARIS – Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz will face Serbian Novak Djokovic in the singles semifinals at the Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament on Friday.

In the quarter-finals, he defeated the five “spider” Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6:2, 6:1, 7:6 (5) in the position of the seeded unit. It gave him his first ever loss at this stage of any of the big four events.

Alcaraz won the first set thanks to breaks in the third and seventh games. The Spaniard made a good return on the Paris clay, played aggressively in exchanges and pushed Tsitsipas defensively from the forehand. The second act was also clearly directed by Alcaraz, who quickly built up a decisive lead of 4:1.

Tsitsipas had a frustrated impression on the court, making too many unforced errors. At the beginning of the third set, Alcaraz jumped the Greek to 3:0 and at 5:2 he had two match points at his disposal. Tsitsipas turned them away, in the next few minutes thanks to his fighting performance he equalized at 5:5 and forced a tiebreak, but Alcaraz celebrated his success in it.

“In any situation, I believe that I can win matches at Grand Slam tournaments. At the end of the third set, I lost my concentration a little, Stefanos improved. Fortunately, I mobilized again in the tiebreak. I’m glad that the fans show me such support.

Everyone is definitely looking forward to my match with Novak. He is one of the best players in the world, I will try to give a hundred percent performance.” stated Alcaraz after the first advancement among the elite Parisian quartet in an interview with the former French tennis player Marion Bartoli.

men – singles – quarterfinals:

Carlos Alcaraz (Šp.-1) – Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gr.-5) 6:2, 6:1, 7:6 (5)

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