Tennis star Novak Djokovic made his contribution to the dream semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz at the early Tuesday evening (June 6th, 2023). French Open done.
Against the Russian Olympic finalist Karen Chatschanov gave the Grand Slam– Record winners from Serbia won a set for the first time in the tournament, but ultimately won 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 0), 6: 2, 6: 4.
Djokovic, who had won 29 consecutive sets at Grand Slam level before the game, is in the semifinals for the twelfth time in Roland Garros. The winner of 2016 and 2021 is still aiming for the 23rd Grand Slam title of his career – so far he has shared the record with Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who was unable to participate due to injury.
His main competitor for the title, the Spanish world number one Alcaraz, followed suit in the night session. The US Open winner defeated Greek world number five Stefanos Tsitsipas.
In the end it was 6: 2, 6: 1, 7: 6 (7: 5) between the strong Alcaraz and the Greek world number five, who disappointed across the board. After 2:12 hours, the Spaniard converted his sixth match point. Tsitsipas, who had previously presented himself in strong form, was only able to keep up at the end and lost a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time.
Muchova and Sabalenka in the semifinals
In the women’s category, the favored second in the world rankings, Aryna Sabalenka, prevailed 6:4, 6:4 against Jelina Switolina with her powerful attacking game. As expected, Switolina did not shake hands with her opponent after the game. Because of the Russian war of aggression, Ukrainian professionals do not shake hands with their opponents from Russia and Belarus after the games, which is otherwise common in tennis, and do not pose for photos together.
Karolina Muchova has reached the semifinals at the French Open.
After the win, 25-year-old Sabalenka waited for her opponent at the net, although Switolina had previously announced that she would not deviate from that line. There were boos from spectators.
Muchova beats Pavlyuchenkova
Sabalenka meets Czech outsider Karolina Muchova. The 26-year-old continued her surprising triumph, defeating former finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Previously the world number 43. Muchova never got past the third round at the French Open, at the Australian Open she was also in the semifinals in 2021. “It’s been an incredible two weeks”, she said. Pavlyuchenkova reached the final in 2021 Stadium Roland Garroshad recently even feared for the continuation of her career due to a knee injury and is currently only 333rd in the world.
German doubles Krawietz and Pütz out at the French Open
The German Davis Cup doubles Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz were eliminated in the quarterfinals. The duo from Coburg and Frankfurt/Main lost in more than three hours against Ivan Dodig from Croatia and the American Austin Krajicek 6:7 (6:8), 7:5, 4:6.
This means that only Andreas Mies, who won the French Open twice with Krawietz, is among the German professionals in doubles. The man from Cologne is in the semi-finals with Dutchman Matwe Middelkoop. Pütz also reached the semi-finals in mixed with his Japanese partner Miyu Kato.