06/06/2023 21:59hs.
The first semifinal was defined. Novak Djokovic showed why he is who he is and came back from a difficult match against the Russian Karen Khachanovwhile Carlos Alcaraz devastated the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. In this way, the two candidates to keep the title of Roland Garros 2023 They passed the quarterfinals and will meet in the next instance. A cross that promises a lot. Know all the details: day, time and TV.
Novak Djokovic vs. Carlos Alcaraz: day, time and TV
The poster was written since the draw crossed their trajectories. The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz and the Serbian Novak Djokovic will meet in the semifinals of Roland Garros in the most anticipated match of the tournament. The long-awaited duel will be played this friday june 9 at the Court Philippe Chatrier from 09:45 (Argentine time). It will have television LIVE on ESPN and can be followed ONLINE, via streaming, on Star+. In addition, it will be available MINUTE to MINUTE through olé.
Roland Garros 2023: How was Novak Djokovic’s match for the quarterfinals?
In the Philippe Chatrier, este martes Djokovic prevailed over Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 6-2 and 6-4, in three hours and 38 minutes. Therefore, this will be the 12th Roland Garros semifinal that the winner of 22 Grand Slam tournaments has played. The Serbian did not have his best day, but he achieved a hard-fought victory against the Russian that went from more to less, a rival who has taken the measure: in the last seven games he had only won one set.
“I think it was better in the first two sets. I started the game very slow, but I played the perfect tie-break, then I raised the level. It was a great battle, which is expected in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, where victories must be earned“, Nole analyzed at the foot of the court. The game turned completely around in the tie-break of the second set. Djokovic arrived without having managed to have even a chance to break, but he transformed and endorsed a 7-0 to the Russian that left him reeling.
“It was the turning point of the match. Winning or losing the second set made all the difference. It was probably two different matches in one. The first two sets were the worst I’ve played so far in the tournament, and then the third and fourth have been quite good”, he continued at a press conference. In addition, he added: “I have controlled the nerves in the second set, with an incredible tie break at each point.”
Until then Nole had been unrecognizable, without initiative and irregular, but strangely serene, without the outbursts of anger that he had shown in previous games. With the 1-1 and without showing a level to shoot rockets, the Serbian was recovering the color, more aggressive against a Khachanov to whom the game was going uphill. Now yes, he gave up serve twice to deliver the third set.
Some more battle offered in the room. But at 4-4 he gave up a loveless game with his serve that delivered victory to the legend, who completed the job with an ace. “It’s important to win a game in which you were down. Now I have a couple of days off, which is good to recover all the physical energy possible and give it my all on Friday,” Djokovic warned about the semifinals.
Roland Garros 2023: How was Carlos Alcaraz’s match for the quarterfinals?
The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, number 1 in the world, ran over the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-2, 6-1 and 7-6 (5). It will be the second semifinal that the Spaniard has played in a Grand Slam, the first in Paris. “I believe in myself all the time, I think that’s the most important thing to win this type of game at this level. The key is to enjoy each game,” he said, admitting he had lost concentration in the final stretch.
If the first set was vertiginous, the second also had no respite and barely an hour had passed and he dominated 4-1, while the Greek, arms akimbo, crooked gesture, laconic gaze, resigned himself a little more to his role as a sidekick, encouraged by the respectable one who longed for the show not to end so soon. The closing of the second set was a good example of the hellen’s madness, admonished by the referee for his delay in serving and with a double fault.
Willing to dispatch him as soon as possible, Alcaraz went up 3-0, after winning seven consecutive games, but he got tangled up in the final stretch and after wasting two match points at 5-2, he gave up his only service of the duel and the anxiety of victory It led him to waste a third, this time at 5-4. Headed for the tiebreaker game, with the threat that the prospect of a fourth set would give wings to Tsitsipas, Alcaraz immediately gained the advantage, although he needed three more match points to close the duel in 2 hours and 12 minutes.
Roland Garros 2023: How was the path of Djokovic and Alcaraz?
Novak Djokovic’s matches at Roland Garros 2023
- Primera ronda | Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-2 and 7-6 (1)
- Segunda ronda | Novak Djokovic vs. Márton Fucsovics: 7-6 (2), 6-0 and 6-3
- Third round | Novak Djokovic vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) and 6-2
- Fourth round | Novak Djokovic vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2
- Quarterfinals | Novak Djokovic vs. Karen Khachanov: 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2 and 6-4
Carlos Alcaraz’s matches at Roland Garros 2023
- First round | Carlos Alcaraz vs. Flavio Cobolli: 6-0, 6-2 and 7-5
- Second round | Carlos Alcaraz vs. Taro Daniel: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and 6-2
- Third round | Carlos Alcaraz vs. Denis Shapovalov: 6-1, 6-4 and 6-2
- Fourth round | Carlos Alcaraz vs. Lorenzo Musetti: 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2
- Quarterfinals | Carlos Alcaraz vs. Stefanos Tsitsipás: 6-2, 6-1 and 7-6 (5)
2023-06-06 21:59:22
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