Carlos Alcaraz aces Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-1 7-6(5) in the quarter in Paris on Tuesday. Alcaraz will face off with Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 12 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the quarter in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Carlos added to his prize money € 230,000 after conquering this match. He has already won € 630,000 until now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add € 520,000 to his earnings to get in total € 1,150,000.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas French Open – Paris
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 102 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 68.
Alcaraz
The Spaniard served very well to win 79% of the points (46/58) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (11/17) on his second serve. The Spaniard didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (6/12).
Tsitsipas
On the other side, the Greek was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz and Tsitsipas is 5-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Alcaraz will face Djokovic in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Carlos in this set was in much better shape than Stefanos and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Tsitsipas in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Spaniard converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. The Spaniard won 13 more points than the Greek (29-16). Alcaraz was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Alcaraz got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Carlos managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Greek in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
The Greek was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Spaniard was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. Alcaraz was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Stefanos (28-13). Alcaraz conceded 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 16 points on serve (8-16).
Alcaraz started the set in the best possible way after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for Carlos to win the set as Tsitsipas found the way to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. The Spaniard kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 12th (7-5) point.
Alcaraz won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The Spaniard converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 8th (5-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, Tsitsipas converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 84 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Tsitsipas (44-40). Alcaraz conceded 9 points on serve (28-9). on the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 16 points on serve (31-16).
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- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 6-1 7-65) – Stats and score progression
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