Carlos Alcaraz has denied Stefanos Tsitsipas’s allegations that he grunted longer than usual during their quarterfinal encounter at Roland Garros, despite the opinion of several tennis experts that his grunting was a little longer than usual.

With a 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 victory over Tsitsipas, Alcaraz once again showed his dominance and set up a matchup with Jannik Sinner in the French Open semi-finals.

Tsitsipas, who ended up 0-6 in his head-to-head match against the Spaniard, had another unpleasant confrontation. His frustrations reached the breaking point when he played a few faulty strokes, argued with his coaching staff, and complained to the chair umpire over his opponent’s prolonged grunting.

The Greek player rushed to the official to explain himself after losing the second set tiebreaker, 1-6.

Tsitsipas said to the umpire: “There is an extended grunt. Maybe without the grunt when I hit. When I hit the shot, the grunt is extended. When I am about to hit the shot, I can hear his grunt. It’s like a millisecond before I hit the shot. I never complain about this but it’s frustrating. When I’m about to hit the shot and moments before I hit the shot, I still hear the grunt. It’s not during the shot; it’s right before.”

Alcaraz emphasized that he didn’t go overboard with his grunting and said: “I heard his complaints about me dragging out my screams too long during the tie-break court exchange. He is free to think about what he wants, but I can say that I didn’t make it longer than normal and that I didn’t mean to bother him.”

Alcaraz at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2024

Currently ranked no.3, the Spaniard has managed to achieve a 23-5 record in 2024. Alcaraz is playing at the moment at the French Open where he bested the world no.107 Jeff Wolf 6-1 6-2 6-1

, the world no.176 Jesper De Jong 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2, the world no.28 Sebastian Korda 6-4 7-6⁵ 6-3, the world no.21 Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-3 6-1 and the world no.9 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 7-6³ 6-4.

Carlos Alcaraz will fight against the world no.2 Jannik Sinner in the semifinal. Their record is 5-4

for Alcaraz.

Alcaraz has won 1 title in 2024 in Indian Wells.

The Spaniard won 14 titles in his career: 4 on hard courts, 7 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)

Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2024

Now ranked no.9, the Greek played his last match on the 4^th of June when he was defeated by world no.3 Carlos Alcaraz 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4 in the quarter of the French Open (draw).

At the moment, during this season the Greek owns a compiled 28-10 record. Tsitsipas conquered 1 title in Monte-Carlo. Tsitsipas was the finalist in Barcelona.

Tsitsipas will play next in Halle (Terra Wortmann Open). He will start the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 17th of June.

Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas squared off 6 times. Their record is 6-0 for Alcaraz. The last time they squared off, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4 in the quarter in Paris (French Open) on the 4^th of June 2024.

Here the video highlights.

Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas

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