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Paris – It is hard for any player to deal with Carlos Alcaraj in the French Open. When you are not your absolute best against defending champions, there is no chance in the quarter -finals on Tuesday night.
The second seed Alkaraj returned to the semifinals of Roleland-Garros in the third year-0-5, -1-5, -1-5, who tied his right thighs heavily and was unable to hit or hit the groundstroch throughout the force.
“I felt better, you know?” Paul says who had legs and abdominal muscle problems during the tournament. “Obviously, as I went in the match, ‘I want to win the match.’ However very soon the match, it was quite clear that I was not wandering. “
Alkaraj was the best of him that he did not help his cause.
“Today was one of those days that you feel great you think you are going to be every shot, every shot is about to win,” said Alkaraj. “You play with a lot of confidence. Nothing is afraid of anything.”
It took only 52 minutes for him to collect the first two sets.
The 22-year-old Spaniard compiled a 23-5 edge in that span and the final total was 40-13.
“He played some great tennis. I came back very well. I stayed at my foot all the time. I have to play so early,” Paul said. “Even the changes I thought he was leaving 20 seconds left. I was, ‘You can slow down.’
In the third set, the issues became more competitive, which Paul led 4-3 as some of the court’s visitors Philip-Chatreer pronounced his first name. However, the next three games of Alkaraj were to fold things after 1/2 hours.
“In Grand Slam, the less time you spend in court, it is great to save energy for the next matches,” Alkaraj says, who is looking for his fifth major trophy. “I can’t ask for better performance.”
He is the first reign champion in Paris to return to the semifinal the following year after the French Open Champion Rafael Nadal in 2021.
He rose to Red Clay by 20-1 this season and led the men’s tour with 35 wins and three titles.
In the semifinals, Alkaraj’s opponent will be Lorenzo Musty, who has removed Frances Tiafo at four in four sets at Tuesday’s early Tuesday. The last two men’s quarter -finals Wednesday: No. 1 Jannik Sinar vs Alexander Bublic, and 3 Alexander Javerev vs 24 times chief champion Novok Djokovich.
Paul, a semifinalist from the Australian Open, and Tiafo, the two-time semifinalist in the US Open, was the first American man to reach eight rounds in Rolend-Garros since Andre Agassi-and the first pair of Jim Courier and Pit Samprus in 1996.
After the Grand Slam of his career in the 5th, the French Open won in the 5th, the US men are now 3-600 against the opponents of the top ten in the Clay-Court tournament.
