French Open 2023: Carlos Alcaraz doesn’t give Lorenzo Musetti a chance – quarterfinals against Stefanos Tsitsipas

“That was very high quality from me today,” said Carlos Alcaraz, who was very satisfied with his performance. “It’s not that easy to play aggressively with the wind and to find the right dosage.”

The game started with a surprise: Musetti, who had won the only comparison with the US Open winner in the previous season on clay in Hamburg, made the break to 1-0.

Alcaraz needed a few minutes to develop dominance.

After four games, the 20-year-old came back (2:2) and then pulled away to 5:2. A short time later, the sentence management was sealed.

The second round also began with early breaks for both pros, before favorite Alcaraz made an intermediate sprint and went from 2: 2 to 6: 2. Musetti had little to oppose the powerful game of the shooting star.

Becker: “A little disappointed with Musetti”

“One hour and 30 minutes for two sets, Alcaraz hasn’t really been physically challenged yet.” Eurosport expert Boris Becker. “I’m a bit disappointed with Musetti. I expected more from him and he probably did too.”

After all: Musetti was at least able to set small pinpricks and fought for two break chances at the beginning of the third set – neither of which he could use. The acknowledgment was not long in coming: Alcaraz broke through the service game of the world number 18. to 3:2.

It was the preliminary decision. The Spaniard added another break and ended the one-sided encounter after 2:08 hours in his favor. This leaves Alcaraz with only one lost set (2nd round against Taro Daniel) in the course of the tournament.

Tsitsipas stops Ofner’s run of success

Quarter-final opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas put on a brilliant performance against the Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner.

It took a full 108 minutes for the Greek, who was fifth, to assert himself.

Ofner only managed to stand up to the favorite in the first set. But after Tsitsipas had the upper hand 7: 5, the world number 118 took over. from Austria in the second and third round only three games.

“Sebastian made it very difficult for me. I congratulate him on his run, he had many matches to get to the fourth round here,” Tsitsipas praised the qualifier.