Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will face off for a place in the French Open final on Friday. Carlos Alcaraz is having a fantastic career already at 20 years of age, thanks also to the help of his coach and former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero. Carlitos and Juan Carlos have a fantastic relationship that transcends the tennis court. During a recent interview, the Spanish coach admitted that he feels that Carlitos is like his 4th kid. This is the video.
“He’s like my fourth kid” – @juankiferri on coaching @carlosalcaraz 🧡#TenniStory pic.twitter.com/VT3Sm7yb7A
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) June 8, 2023
Alcaraz at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2023
WLWLLWLWWW Ranked no.1, Alcaraz achieved a composed 35-3 record in 2023. Alcaraz is competing at the French Open where he overcame the world no.159 Flavio Cobolli 6-0 6-2 7-5, the world no.112 Taro Daniel 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-2, the world no.32 Denis Shapovalov 6-1 6-4 6-2, the world no.18 Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-2 6-2 and the world no.5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-1 7-65.
Carlos Alcaraz will play the world no.3 Novak Djokovic in the semifinal on Friday at 2:45 pm on Court Philippe-CHATRIER. Their current record is 1-0 for Alcaraz.
Alcaraz has won 4 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona and Madrid. Alcaraz was the finalist in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open).
Alcaraz won 10 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts and 7 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Wimbledon (Wimbledon). The main draw will start on the 3rd of July.
Djokovic at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWWWWWLWW Now ranked no.3, the Serbian has managed to achieve an overall 25-4 record in 2023. Novak is currently having a run at the French Open where he bested the world no.114 Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3 6-2 7-61, the world no.83 Marton Fucsovics 7-62 6-0 6-3, the world no.34 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-64 7-65 6-2, the world no.94 Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 6-2 6-2 and the world no.11 Karen Khachanov 4-6 7-60 6-2 6-4.
Novak Djokovic will face the world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinal on Friday at 2:45 pm on Court Philippe-CHATRIER. Their actual record is 1-0 for Alcaraz.
Djokovic has won 2 titles in 2023 in Adelaide and Australian Open.
Novak won 93 titles in his career: 50 on hard courts, 18 on clay courts, 17 on indoor courts and 8 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Djokovic will play next at the Wimbledon (Wimbledon). He will start from the main draw that will commence on the 3rd of July.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic squared off only on 1 occasion. Their current record is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) in May 2022.
Here the video highlights.
