Carlos Alcaraz wins against Korda in the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Shelton or Auger-Aliassime. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

Carlos Alcaraz bests Sebastian Korda 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Paris on Friday. Alcaraz will have to play Ben Shelton or Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 4^th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Alcaraz added to his prize money € 92,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 250,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alcaraz will add € 165,000 to his earnings to get in total € 415,000 in total.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Sebastian Korda French Open – Paris

Alcaraz’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 119 points vs. the American’s 95.

Alcaraz

The Spaniard won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Korda

On the other side, Korda was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Korda is 4-1 for Carlos.

Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ben Shelton or Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats

Alcaraz will face either Ben Shelton or Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 4^th round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Ben Shelton and 2-3 vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Live score progression and stats

Alcaraz overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more to do for the Spaniard to win the set since Korda found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Carlos kept his focus to break Sebastian in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Alcaraz converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2^nd game (0-1 40-A).

They contested 63 points. Alcaraz conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Korda (34-29). The Spaniard lost 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the court, Korda conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).

Alcaraz won the set after he broke Korda in the 3^rd (2-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Notwithstanding, Carlos kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 4 minibreaks in the 1^st

(1-0), 4^th (2-2), 9^th (5-4) and 12^th (7-5) point. On the other side, Korda won 3 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 3^rd (2-1) and 11^th (5-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

Carlos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6^th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 90 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Korda (47-43). Carlos lost 13 points on serve (25-13). In addition, on the other side, Sebastian conceded 22 points on serve (30-22).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Carlos conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Carlos converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 30-40) and the 6^th game (4-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 13 more points than the American (37-24). Carlos was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Sebastian conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

Tennis Scores at the French Open

• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-4 6-4 6-1)
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-4 6-4)
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6⁶ 6-2 6-4)
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-6⁵ 6-3)
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-3 6-1)

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