Carlos Alcaraz defeats Sebastian Korda 6-4 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris on Friday. Alcaraz will face Karen Khachanov in the 4th round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 12 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Sebastian Korda French Open – Paris
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 98 points vs. Sebastian’s 79.
Alcaraz
Carlos served pretty well to win 76% of the points (39/51) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (21/30) on his second serve. Alcaraz won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities.
Korda
On the other side, Korda wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Korda is 2-1 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Alcaraz will face Khachanov in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Alcaraz conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Carlos converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. The Spaniard won 4 more points than the American (31-27). Alcaraz dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Carlos snatched in the 5th game (3-2) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Carlos converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Sebastian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 72 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Carlos won just 2 more points than Sebastian (37-35). Carlos surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, the American conceded 15 points on serve (25-15).
Carlos in this set didn’t concede much to the American and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Korda in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Korda couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 47 points. Alcaraz won 13 more points than the American (30-17). Carlos lost 5 points on serve (18-5). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Tennis Scores at the Roland Garros
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-3 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 7-5 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – John IsnerIsner (6-4 3-6 6-4 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aljaz BedeneBedene (6-3 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-63 7-62 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-62 6-3 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- David GoffinGoffin – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mikael YmerYmer – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Gilles SimonSimon – Marin CilicCilic (6-1) – H2H details and stats
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Rafael NadalNadal (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H details and stats