Roland Garros semifinal, live | Djokovic: “Since the cramps, it’s been another game” | Sports

A beautiful litigation, until everything is blown up. Terrible closing. Third quarter, second game and, in his attempt to subtract, Carlos Alcaraz is suspended in the air, draws the foreshortening to hit a forehand and when he falls, he feels that he has broken. That’s where the semifinal ends. The action continues, but the party is dead. He does not abandon Spanish, but everything has been said. Again, misfortune, misfortune. The physical. Carlitos and injuries. The calf hurts, the quadriceps, the groin. His soul hurts. A cramp? The Roland Garros that he wanted so much is gone and Novak Djokovic – “I feel very sorry for him, he is an incredible competitor; he will win this tournament many times ”– he lands in his seventh final in Paris, the 34th of a Grand Slam: 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 and 6-1, after 3h 23m. The Serbian is just one step away from his twenty-third great and from recovering the world throne; Only Alexander Zverev or Casper Ruud, cited in the other semifinal, can prevent it. Bad taste in the mouth in the Bois de Boulogne on this muggy Friday. He’s a kid…