Great encounter between Alcaraz and Sinner today in the Roland Garros semifinals

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, with their respective teams, coincide in time with the nearby courts at the Jean Bouin facility, located two blocks from Roland Garros. Total normality before what they describe themselves as a great battle, the biggest challenge, because they are heading towards combining the classics of new times, as the best of the new generation that they are.

Despite their youth, Alcaraz, almost 21 years old, and Sinner, 22, have the necessary experience to face a Roland Garros semifinal. They know how to feel the day before, how to cool the logical nerves before and at the beginning of the meeting.

Alcaraz suffered a traumatic experience in the 2023 semi-finals, cramped by his demands Novak Djokovic. That disappointment helped him become the Wimbledon champion a few weeks later, a title he combined with the US Open 2022 title, which was accompanied by a promotion to No.

A leader in the ranking to be released next Monday by Sinner, whose progress has been impressive in recent months. He broke all barriers. He was a hero who led his country in the conquest of Davis cupopened this season by winning his first Grand Slam, the Australian Open.

“They are very equal, tied to a degree of favoritism,” he pointed out. Juan Carlos Ferrero, a former Roland Garros champion who managed Alcaraz’s career. His student does not have a single advantage on clay, where he has titles in Madrid or Godó: “The sinner has improved a lot on this surface, in his game variation, before he played more cross-court shots and then parallel shots but some drop shots, climbs. It has evolved a lot. From the outside you can see that he is a very hard worker and that he wants to develop into a very good player. He has achieved number one, he will not believe in himself, he will not stop because he is still very young. He will get better every day, just like Carlos.

They are nonconformists, with their history and their tennis. They want more. Such quality and bravery opens up the possibilities in what is expected to be a fantastic rivalry. “There is a strategy, a clear idea of ​​how to play, but they are so good that in the game they don’t allow themselves to do that strategy. We know how we can do a little damage even considering that it is complete. Even though sinner also knows how to play Carlos.”

This is their ninth ATP match, the most recent being resolved in favor of the Spaniard by 1-6, 6-3 and 6-2 in the semifinals of Indian Wells, in March. The Murcian chose to slow down the pace of play, and he was right.

“The games we had were great matches and I wanted to find solutions, trying to beat them. In Indian Wells I found a way to put him in trouble. But I don’t consider myself a favorite against him. He doesn’t do anything wrong, everything he does, he does well. It’s very difficult to play against him, one of the most difficult challenges, but I love it and I’m ready,” he said. Carlos Alcaraz.

Jannik Sinner It moves within the same parameters of respect and enthusiasm. “I train for these challenges. Against Carlos we have to raise the level. And I suffered in the past, but I adapted to the dirt, the most difficult physically, where you also need a head.

This Friday, at headquarters Philippe Chatrier, 2:30 pm (DMAX, Eurosport, Max, Mundo Deportivo Web live), clash of two formula one in the sport. Their friendship and good vibes will remain, but in a few hours they will try to destroy each other sportingly. And when they speed up, nothing can stop them. “It’s the semifinal that everyone wanted to see. I want to enjoy and make people happy,” said Alcaraz.

Then, not before 5:30 pm, the semi-final between German Alexander Zverev who will try to pass this round for his fourth consecutive time, and the Norwegian Casper Ruudfinalist in 2022 and 2023, destroying the German in the last edition, although Sasha came physically only because he was filming after a long and complicated absence after a serious ankle injury in the 2022 ‘semis’ with Rafael Nadal.