Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. It was an odd quarterfinals match at the French Open between Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas Tuesday.
Alcaraz blew Tsitsipas out in straight sets — 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 — leading many to wonder what was wrong with Tsitsipas. Alcaraz is the world’s No.
1-ranked tennis player, but Tsitsipas is at No. 5. A better match was expected even with Alcaraz the favorite. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece runs to play a forehand during a men's singles quarterfinal match against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain at the French Open at Roland Garros June 6, 2023, in Paris. (Andy Cheung/Getty Images) Tsitsipas has a reason why he looked sluggish Tuesday. "One thing that I’m going to try to avoid in the future is to have melatonin pills [sleeping pills] and naps before matches because it clearly doesn’t seem to be working," Tsitsipas told reporters, via multiple reports.
The French Open follows the same time frame as the U.S. Open in that night matches become more common as the bracket approaches the finals.