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- Carlos Alcaraz defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (ATP 5) in the quarterfinals of Paris 6:2, 6:1, 7:6 (7:5).
- The Spanish world number 1 needs just over two hours to reach the semi-finals.
- In the last four round there is a dream duel with Novak Djokovic.
In the end, Carlos Alcaraz made it a little exciting: after controlling Stefanos Tsitsipas from the ground up for about 100 minutes, the scoreboard showed 6: 2, 6: 1, 5: 2, 40:15. But the almost flawless Spaniard was unable to use two match points when he served the Greek and broke for the first time that evening a few minutes later when he was able to win the match.
Works on the sixth attempt
The match won by 4: 5 gave Tsitsipas a lead. He again held off a match point and then reached the tiebreaker without any major problems. But in the quick decision, Alcaraz forced his opponent back to his game and fell back to 4:1 and later to 6:3. The 20-year-old wasn’t able to use match points 4 and 5, but with the sixth chance, the stunning youngster made it all clear. After 2:12 hours on the net.
Dream duel on friday
The reward is the semi-final blow against 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. Alcaraz won the only duel with the Serb so far. In 2022, the Spaniard had the upper hand at the ATP 1000 in Madrid – also on clay – in the semi-finals with 6:7, 7:5, 7:6.
Since then, the paths of the two best players have not crossed again – until next Friday, when they will face each other in the semi-finals of Roland Garros at Court Philippe Chatrier.
SRF II, sportlive, 6/6/23, 3:00 p.m.; color / detail
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