Alcaraz tipped Djokovic for a good semifinal by beating Tsitsipas

“To be the best you have to beat the best, and Carlos Alcaraz is the rival to beat here, it will be a big challenge for me.” he didn’t make a mistake Novak Djokovicafter defeating the Russian Karen Khachanova by 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2 and 6-4, pointing to the Spaniard as the highest reference of a tournament that was orphaned by its fourteen-time king, Rafa Nadal.

Carlos Alcaraz He took command as the world number one. And how. A formidable rival, also world number five, with two Grand Slam finals to his credit, including one in Paris. Stefanos Tsitsipas You can thank the French public, whose desire to see more tennis kept the Hellene on her toes and made the Spanish uneasy,

Alcaraz overwhelmed tsitsipas 6-2, 6-1 and 7-6 (5) in 2h.12′. An exhibition of the ward of Juan Carlos Ferrero to improve the quarterfinals of the last edition, when he could not be with the German Alexander Zverev.

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More mature and prepared, he will appear on Friday Novak Djokovic in the expected semifinal on Friday. The Spaniard has already started his game by sending a notice to the Serb, even though he has two titles (2016 and 2021) and is counting his twelfth participation in the penultimate round in Paris.

They do not match from the ‘semis’ of Madrid 2022, where Alcaraz dispatched whoever he defeated in the ‘semis’ of Madrid 2022 by 6-7 (5), 7-5 and 7-6 (5). The fourteen thousand spectators who almost filled the Philippe Chatrier center tried to support the Hellene with shouts of Stefanos, Stefanos. They tried to side with the underdog in an attempt to extend the night at the facility. They want more parties. And they prolong the outcome.

The atmosphere warmed up, the Mexican wave reappeared, somewhat destabilized Carlos Alcaraz, also punished by the classic nerves of closing an important victory. He did not finish the duel with two ‘match-balls’ with 5-2, he suffered a ‘break’ (5-4) in the hubbub of the stands. He also did not finish the third match point at 5-4. “Calm down,” he shouted. Juan Carlos Ferrero. He resolved it in the ‘tiebreak’, in the sixth ball for it, his applied disciple, accumulating a balance of 35-3 this season, 25-2 on clay.

Alcaraz started 6-2 in half an hour with a final set of 14 points added from 16, thirteen in a row. While tsitsipas reflected in his chair, Alcaraz was up with his racket ready to face the second set. He had to walk away from the pain of the trackers getting wet, hose in hand watering the beaten earth.

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Carlitos made a proposal tsitsipas. “His game was fine for me,” agreed the Murcian after the four games he had dominated before this one. The latest, with 6-3 and 6-4 in the final of Gothic.

He riddled the backhand with a hand of tsitsipas, but it is more. Quite simply, Alcaraz embroiders tennis with a complete repertoire. He served, volleyed, hit forehand and backhand, surprised with drop shots, he also invented a squash shot if the ball passed him. Cover every inch of the play surface with quick legs.

tsitsipas He is unbeaten in six previous appearances in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. His reality was different, so Alcaraz showed him that he pushed himself towards Djokovic. The US Open champion showed an unimpressive level. He consolidated his status as a favorite. And he overcame the initial shock of a hostile environment, even when people ended up giving in to the evidence of his intelligence and superiority. Another useful study for the semifinal.