On Friday, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz engaged in a rather dramatic match in Barcelona. Stefanos was struggling to find the solution against the young Spaniard who had already defeated him on 2 occasions.
There was a rough altercation between Tsitsipas and the chair umpire when the Greek player was hit by 2 penalty points. During the 3rd set, when Stefanos was trailing 0-3, the world no.5 got a prolonged break to change his shirt. When back he was hit with a double penalty point to start serving in the 4th game from 0-30.
‘You should be fired’
Stefanos lost his cool also because Alcaraz took a prolonged toilet break at the beginning of the third set to regroup after losing the second dropping 5 consecutive games. On that occasion, the 18-year-old didn’t have any penalty. Tsitsipas accused the umpire of not knowing the rules saying ‘If you are wrong, youshould be fired.”
Tsitsipas in Barcelona, ranking, and results in 2022
Now ranked no.5, Tsitsipas has a compiled 24-8 record in 2022. Stefanos is playing at the moment in Barcelona where he overcame Ilya Ivashka 6-1 4-6 6-2 and Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-4.
Alcaraz in Barcelona, ranking, and results in 2022
LWLLWWWWWW Currently ranked no.11 (career-high), Carlos has achieved a 21-3 match record in 2022. The Spaniard is currently playing in Barcelona where he conquered Soon-Woo Kwon 6-1 2-6 6-2, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-3 6-3 and Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 5-7 6-2.
Carlos Alcaraz will compete against the world no.25 Alex De Minaur in the semifinal on Saturday at 4:00 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. They have never played each other up to now in top competitions.
The Spaniard conquered 2 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro and in Miami.
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz clashed against each other 3 times. Their actual record is 3-0 for Alcaraz. The last time they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the quarter in Barcelona (Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell) on the 22nd of April 2022.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
