Carlos Alcaraz played a great shot, but he couldn’t topple Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals.
Carlos Alcarazi’s stunning shot sent the French Open crowd into a frenzy. PDO
Spanish Carlos Alcaraz delivered a shot in the men’s singles semifinals of the French Open that will likely go down among the sport’s classics.
Return of Alcaraz Novak Djokovic the punch even made the Serbian applaud the young Spaniard with a disbelieving smile. The audience also gave a huge round of applause for the wonderful performance.
Djokovic’s backhand shot already seemed to be too much for the 20-year-old Alcaraz, but his backhand hit narrowly inside the bounds of the court to give him the point.
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Alcaraz, ranked number one, however, had to bow to Djokovic in the match with a score of 3–1 (6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1).
Sports legend Djokovic advanced to the French Open final for the seventh time in his career. He will be chasing his third career victory at Roland Garros on Sunday.
By doing this, he would have won all the Grand Slams in tennis at least three times. No male player has previously achieved this, and at the same time, Djokovic would move to the number one spot on the all-time grand slam winning list.
In the second semi-final of the men’s singles, they will face Norway Casper Ruud and Germany Alexander Zverev in the match starting at 20:15.
The women’s singles final against Poland will be played on Saturday at the French Open By Iga Swiatek and the Czech Republic Karolina Muchovan between.