Carlos Alcaraz wins against Jesper De Jong 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 48,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 158,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 92,000 to his earnings to get in total € 250,000 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jesper De Jong French Open – Paris
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz and De Jong is 1-0 for Carlos.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Jesper De Jong in the 2nd game (2-0). However, Carlos found the way to come back to break the Dutch 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
De Jong had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Carlos converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 0-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jesper converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. Carlos was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than De Jong (34-22). The Spaniard surrendered 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, De Jong conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Alcaraz conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The Spaniard was unable to break the Dutch in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Carlos converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Jesper was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 80 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than De Jong (43-37). The Spaniard conceded 10 points on serve (23-10). On the other side, Jesper conceded 20 points on serve (27-20).
Jesper in this set played at a much higher level than Carlos and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Alcaraz in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Dutch won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
De Jong was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Jesper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Jesper was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Carlos (29-21). The Dutch dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Alcaraz didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Jesper De Jong in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Spaniard succeeded in coming back to break Jesper 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
De Jong couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Carlos converted 80% of his break points (4/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Dutch was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They contested 50 points. The Spaniard won 10 points more than De Jong (30-20). Alcaraz lost 13 points on serve (13-13). On the losing side, the Dutch conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).
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