French Open 2023: Alcarez and Novak Djokovic will clash in the semi-finals

In the world of tennis, new talents emerge from time to time and one of those talents is Spain’s Carlos Alcarez, who booked his place in the semi-finals after defeating number five seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a match played on June 6. Now Carlos Alcarez will face Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.

 

Significantly, two-time French Open champion Novak Djokovic defeated 11th seed Karen Khachanov of Russia to reach the semi-finals. Novak Djokovic lost the first set in this match but after that he made a great comeback in the match. In this match, he had a tough fight with Karen Khachanov. After this match, Novak Djokovic said that Caron had played better during the first two sets. I struggled to find my rhythm during the first two sets. During this I made some mistakes. But winning was not difficult after coming back in the second set tie-break.

 

In the men’s section, fourth seed Casper Rudd also reached the last eight for the second year in a row. Last year’s runner-up beat Nicolas Jarry 7-6, 7-5, 7-5. Earlier on Sunday, world number one Carlos Alcarez of Spain defeated Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in straight sets to make it to the quarterfinals. Top seed Alcarez defeated 17th seed Musetti of Italy 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. The 20-year-old Alcarez, who won the US Open title in September, will face fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarterfinals. Two-time Grand Slam runner-up Tsitsipas beat qualifier Sebastian Ofner 7-5, 6-3, 6-0. If Alcarez beats Tsitsipas, he could face Novak Djokovic, who has reached the French Open quarter-finals for a record 17th time, in the semi-finals. Djokovic defeated Juan Pablo Varillas 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, playing in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since the birth of a child in October, defeated ninth seed Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 7-6 to reach the last eight of women’s singles. Svitolina did not shake hands with her Russian opponent after the match and gave a ‘thumbs up’ instead. Svitolina did this because of the ongoing war between the two countries. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Karolina Muchova also made it to the quarterfinals. Pavlyuchenkova beat 28th seed Elise Mertens 3-6, 7-6, 6-3, while Muchova defeated Alina Avanesyan 6-4, 6-4.

 

American tennis player Coco Gauff recovered from a knee injury suffered during the first set to beat Anna Karolina Schmidlova 7-5, 6-2 on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open for the third time in a row. Gauff was leading 5-2 in the first set but 100th-ranked Schmidlova made a stunning comeback to level the score at 5-5. Gauff then tripped and fell, dislocating her right knee. He returned to the match with a bandage and won the set with a strong game. In the second set, Shmidlova looked uncomfortable in front of her. Gauff could face a challenge from top seed Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals. Swiatek takes on Lesia Tsurenko in her fourth-round match. In the women’s category, Ons Jabour and 14th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil also reached the quarterfinals. These two players will face each other in the last eight. Seventh seed Jabur defeated Bernarda Pera in straight sets. Tunisia’s Jaboor defeated American unseeded player Pera 6-3, 6-1. He broke Pera’s serve eight times. Jabur scored 15 of his 16 points on Pera’s second serve. Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up, Jabur has reached the quarterfinals of the French Open for the first time. Jaboor also struggled on her serve but managed to save eight of her 12 break points. Meanwhile, he also took advantage of Pera’s 33 unforced errors. Haddad Maia defeated 132nd ranked Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-7, 6-3, 7-5 in a match that lasted three hours and 51 minutes. She has reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time.