Alcaraz’s great first and Swiatek’s fourth title brightened up a tournament notably affected by rain. Review of a tournament that will be a landmark.
Launched on May 20 with the qualifying tournament, Roland-Garros will, from this Monday, begin its transformation in preparation for the Olympic Games (July 26-August 11) and Paralympic Games (August 28-September 8). With emotions, surprises, highlights, revelations, questions, controversies, regrets, failures in mind. Assessment of a tournament which will be a landmark after seeing two of its sacred monsters Rafael Nadal (eliminated on 1er round) and Novak Djokovic (injured and forced to withdraw before his semi-final), pushed back to 3e world place this Monday (behind Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz).
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Carlos Alcaraz, the all-terrain phenomenon
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At 21, the Spanish prodigy, titled on the clay of Roland-Garros, after the hard court of the US Open (2022) and the grass of Wimbledon (2023), continues his irresistible rise. Everything was not perfect, especially during his semi-final against Jannik Sinner and during the final against Alexander Zverev, but Carlos Alcaraz found the resources to overcome his doubts, his nervousness, his…
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