French Open 2023: Carlos Alcaraz sets up mouthwatering Novak Djokovic clash with Stefanos Tsitsipas hammering

Carlos Alcaraz put in one of the best performances of the year with an astonishing straight-sets 6-2 6-1 7-6(5) victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up a mouthwatering clash with Novak Djokovic in the French Open semi-finals. The match between Alcaraz and Tsitsipas — pitting the first and fifth seeds together — was expected to be tight, but in truth that was rarely the case, with Alcaraz putting in a highlight reel of a display that felt like it was taking the game to a new level thanks to his hybrid game style that at once is comparable to all of the greats that have come before him — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Djokovic.

Ad And the clash between the latter and Alcaraz on Friday will be quite something. Roland-Garros'Frightening' Alcaraz delivers first-set clinic against Tsitsipas with astonishing dropsAN HOUR AGO Talking on court afterwards about how he had managed to play so well, Alcaraz said: «Believing in myself, all the time.

»That's the most important thing, not only for me but for everyone — believe in yourself. «I always think I'm going to play this kind of matches, in this level — I would say that's the key to everything, [to play] with enjoyment.» Tsitsipas had begun the encounter with a comprehensive, ace-laden service hold, but that was about as good as it got for the Greek, as Alcaraz put the hammer down thereafter.

He broke Tsitsipas on his fourth break-point opportunity in game three, and then went a double break up later in the set when he took the Greek's serve to love. That game involved a stunning, running down-the-line pass that drew gasps from the crowd.

Alcaraz — via wonderful drop shots in back-to-back points — served it out thereafter as he took the opener in style. In set two the