Alcaraz seeks the semifinals at Roland Garros against Tsitsipas

MADRID, 5 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, the only survivor of the ‘Armada’ in the Roland Garros tournament, will seek this Tuesday, at night at the Philippe-Chatrier, the semifinals of the second ‘Grand Slam’ of the season against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, a rival who seems to have taken the measure.

The Murcian, first seeded, has managed to get back into the decisive phase of the Parisian ‘big’ and now hopes to overcome the barrier of the penultimate round in which he was lost last year against the German Alexander Zverev and get very close to his second ‘Grand Slam’ final.

The final stretch in the French capital, with a possible duel for the final against the Serbian Novak Djokovic, is the hardest thing left for the man from El Palmar, who has entered the top eight offering a very good level in his last two games , against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov and the Italian Lorenzo Musetti, two dangerous rivals and whom he dispatched on the fast track, giving up only 14 games.

Alcaraz only ‘misled’ in the second round against the Japanese Taro Daniel, the only one who has been able to snatch a set from him so far, and now he will try to learn from last year’s experience to sign his semifinal pass against a Tsitsipas always dangerous, but who has never beaten the Spaniard after four matches.

The number one in the world has prevailed in his two duels on clay against the Athenian, a finalist at Roland Garros in 2021 and that this ‘big’ is placating somewhat the doubts with which he had arrived after a tour on land where the only news Positive had been the final in Barcelona, ​​clearly lost (6-3, 6-4) against Alcaraz.

The Greek tennis player, five in the world and a finalist this year in Australia, began suffering against the Czech Jan Vesely, but from there he has raised his level and arrives encouraged against the Murcian, who should not be trusted based on the memory of last year when Zverev, whom he had run over weeks before in the Madrid final, blocked his way.

Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil knows that he will have to be fine in all facets and neutralize his rival’s powerful serve in different conditions at night in Paris to increase his chances of signing new semifinals in 2023, a round that he has stepped on in all the tournaments he has played except the Masters 1,000 in Rome.