'Frightening' Carlos Alcaraz delivers first-set clinic against Stefanos Tsitsipas in French Open quarter-final

A «frightening» Carlos Alcaraz delivered a first-set clinic against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the pair's French Open quarter-final. Alcaraz took the opener 6-2, but it was the manner in which he did so that so stunned the Roland-Garros crowd during Tuesday's night match. Ad It seemed that most points involved gasps from fans inside Court Philippe-Chatrier at either the Spaniard's skill, or power — or both — as he served up a masterclass in court craft and execution.

Roland-Garros'Borderline embarrassing how average Alcaraz made Tsitsipas look' — HenmanAN HOUR AGO First, there was an astonishing down-the-line forehand winner that Alcaraz pulled off from way downtown, and that sealed a double break over Tsitsipas to go 5-2 up and on the verge of the set. «Oh, stop it!» Simon Reed, on Eurosport commentary alongside Tim Henman, exclaimed. «This is a brilliant start.

Frightening.» ‘Thank you for yelling at me!’ — Djokovic blows kiss to fan, McEnroe reacts 'Five fabulous shots!' – Crowd go wild after rally between Djokovic and Khachanov Alcaraz then came out to serve for the opener, and pulled off two quite brilliant drop shots in back-to-back points to take him to 0-30, and soon after the set. The second drop shot left his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero smiling, which Henman said was «hardly surprising», given how Alcaraz was playing. The world No.

1 continued in the same vein in set two, serve and volleying before showing beautiful touch to kill a volley into the open court. The winner of the match will face Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, after he beat Karen Khachanov earlier in the day. — — - Stream the 2023 French Open live on Eurosport and discovery+ Roland-GarrosExclusive: Alcaraz hails Tsitsipas display as 'one of the best