Djokovic and Alcaraz: in the Roland Garros 2023 semifinal, how did the others fare? | Djokovic vs. Alcaraz when is it

This Wednesday the semifinals of Roland Garros were definedthe second Grand Slam of the year.

On the one hand, in the male branch, Carlos Alcaraz, the number one in the world, will face the legend Novak Djokovic. In addition, the Norwegian Casper Ruud and the German Alexander Zverev will also play a place in the final.

On the other hand, in the women’s branch, the Polish will opt for the place in the title match Iga Swiatek and the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad. Before, the Czech Karolina Muchova will face the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.

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The men’s semifinals

Casper Ruud, fourth racket in the world, qualified for the second consecutive year against the same opponent as last year, the Danish Holger Rune, 6-1, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3 and demonstrated the recovery that is coming targeting in this last phase of the season.

The Norwegian, who had just lost the last duel against Rune two weeks ago in Rome, overwhelmed the 20-year-old Dane in the first two sets and only from the third did the promising Scandinavian tennis player enter the duel.

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Zverev will play his third consecutive semifinal in Paris, the sixth in Grand Slam, after defeating Argentine Tomás Etcheverry, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4, the surprise in that round, which sold his skin dearly, but he showed that he lacks a bit to compete at that level.

In the same scenario where his ankle broke a year ago when he stood up to the Spanish Rafael Nadal, the German made his triumphant return to the final draw of the tournament, showing that even if the number 22 appears on his bib, it is much higher.

That semifinal, between Ruud and Zverev, will be somewhat overshadowed by the other, which will pit the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz against the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who is looking for his third crown and his twenty-third great.

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The women’s semifinals

In the women’s draw, the Polish Swiatek did not lower the bar in her tennis despite facing the sixth in the world, the American Coco Gauff, her victim in the final last year, who this time also failed to snatch a set from her, like in any of their seven confrontations, 6-4 and 6-2.

The one from Warsaw advances like a steamroller, which reaches the penultimate step to renew the title and lift its third crown without giving up a set, having conceded only 15 games and with just over 5 and a half hours in five games played.

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An express participation that will live the sixth episode this Thursday against the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad, the revelation of the tournament, a neophyte at this stage of the competition to which he agreed after unseating the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, seventh racket in the world, 3-6, 7 -6(5) and 6-1.

It was the third straight comeback for the 27-year-old player, who has shown that she does not give up anything and that she does not throw in the towel even if the almighty Swiatek is in front of her.

The other place in the final will be settled by the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, number two in the ranking and winner of the last Australian Open, against the Czech Karolina Muchova, 43 in the ranking, who will play the second semifinals of her career in a Grand Slam, after those of Australia in 2021.

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