Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime you see the faces the round of 16 of Roland Garros 2024, the Grand Slam on clay. The young Spanish tennis player, number 3 in the ATP ranking, wants to advance in the tournament and to do so he has to beat the Canadian tennis player, seeded number 21 in the tournament.
He will now be the second top player he will measure himself against Carlitos, because he had just defeated the American 6-4, 7-6, 6-3 in the third round Sebastian Korda (seeded 27). Before, he started the right foot against the ‘lucky loser’ JJ Wolf, which he clearly defeated 6-1, 6-2, 6-1.
In the second round he had to wear his overalls to defeat the Dutchman Jesper De Jong 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. The young Spanish tennis player, number 3 in the ranking, seeks to improve his result from last year, where he reached the semifinals against Novak Djokovic.
‘Carlitos’ had a complicated clay court tour in Europe, because he could hardly play anymore the Masters 1000 in Madrid, where they lost in the quarterfinals match Andrey Rublev. It has been low on Monte Carlo Masters 1000, in Conde de Godó’s ATP 500, as well as to the Masters 1000 in Rome. He is looking to advance to Roland Garros and has a tough challenge ahead of him Felix Auger-Aliassimethat passed Ben Shelton in the third round, by a resounding score 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.
Alcaraz he knew he had an important opportunity at Roland Garros, where he started as the third seed. However, against Felix he has an interesting rivalry. They have met five times, with three wins for Auger-Aliassime, but nevertheless ‘Carlitos’ won the last two.
This 2024 season has not been easy for everyone Alcarazwhich was only able to conquer the Indian Wells Masters 1000. On clay he has yet to reach the final, so he will try to make it his first on the course here at Roland Garros.
The number 3 in the ATP ranking wants to advance in the tournament, where he wants to win for the first time Roland Garros. In his career he won two Grand Slams, the US Open 2022 and Wimbledon 2023, so he wants to continue to grow in his career and achievements. yes ok Alcaraz has 13 titlesin his budding career, Auger-Aliassime added 5 on his record, at 23 years old.
On clay, in principle it has another gear Alcaraz. Until now, their five previous matches had taken place on a hard court. This is the second time they have been measured a Grand Slambecause of quarterfinals of the US Open 2021 The Spanish tennis player had to retire. This is the first time in which they are measured at Roland Garrosbetween two current tennis players with bright futures ahead of them.
When are Alcaraz – Auger-Aliassime and Roland Garros played?
The match is played on Sunday, June 2, not earlier than 2:00 pm (Spanish peninsular time)
Where to see el Alcaraz – Auger-Aliassime at Roland Garros?
The meeting will be visible by MAX. It can also be seen by Movistar Sports 5 (192), Movistar Plus channel. In addition you will see of Eurosport 4K (444), Eurosport 1 and Eurosport Player. It can also be seen by the DAZN platform. You can follow all information about Alcaraz’s match at Roland Garros on the Mundo Deportivo website.
Source: La Verdad
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