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Carlos Alcaraz’s cry of victory after his victory against the Italian Jannik Sinner says a lot about the effort made by the Spaniard to reach his first Parisian final.
TENNIS – He finally has his final at Roland Garros. At the end of the effort, the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz finally defeated the new world number 1 Jannik Sinner in the semi-final of Roland Garros this Friday, June 7. A match concluded in five sets (2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3) which offers the young Spaniard a new precocious record on the men’s circuit.
Despite less spectacular opposition than expected, the two men still faced each other for more than 4 hours on the Philippe Chatrier court, before the Spaniard made the break at the start of the fifth set. Enough to allow him to set sail.
By winning this match, Carlos Alcaraz seriously begins to write his history, since he became the youngest player in history to reach a Grand Slam final on the three different surfaces of the international circuit. Before him, big names like the Americans Andre Agassi and Jim Courier or the Swede Björn Borg, not forgetting Rafael Nadal, had all achieved this feat at the age of 22. With these 21 years since May, Carlos Alcaraz is doing even better. And in the process confirms his status as big favorite for the men’s final.
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“Long rallies, four hours of play, five sets… You have to find joy in suffering. That’s the key. Even more so here on clay, in a match with long rallies, lasting more than four hours…. We have to fight “the world number 3 immediately reacted after this close victory.
Hard blow for Italian tennis
A victory which gives him the opportunity to win his third Grand Slam victory, after winning the 2022 US Open and Wimbledon the following year.
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On the Italian side, this defeat hurts, at a time when Jannik Sinner had just obtained first place in the ATP ranking, due to Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal. This defeat also hurts Italian tennis which could hope to see a male and female representative in the final of Roland Garros after the surprise qualification of the young Jasmine Paolini in the final.
Presented as the worthy successor to clay court master Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz will finally be able to participate in the final of the French Open. This Sunday in Paris, he will face the winner of the second semi-final, which pits the Norwegian Casper Ruud (7th), finalist of the last two editions, against the German Alexander Zverev (4th). With a promise: an unprecedented winner on Parisian clay on Sunday.
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