Alcaraz’s throws and passers take over Sinner’s serves and long shots and prove to be the winning weapon to advance to the Roland Garros final. At the end of a battle lasting 4 hours and twelve minutes, the Spaniard defeated the Italian in 5 sets with a score of 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Sinner can console himself with the top of the ATP from Monday, Alcaraz is now waiting for the winner between Ruud and Zverev to try to win his first Roland Garros.
Roland Garros, Jasmine Paolini and Sara Errani win the final of the women’s doubles
The match
The first set slips away in 40′ for 6-2, with three breaks for Sinner and one for Alcaraz, the blue starts very strong. In the second, another break for the blue in the first game, the Spaniard lost 4 in five rounds of serve. Alcaraz recovers, while a couple of slips and a moment of decline by Sinner, especially in the serve, send the Spaniard ahead by three games to two in the second set with a break in favor of the Murcian in the fourth game, and in the end he wins the second set 6 -3.
More inaccuracies from Sinner at the beginning of the third but a second ace also arrives for him but Alcaraz is now in form and wins the third game with a great passer, breaking the South Tyrolean’s serve for the fourth time in the match. He replies to Sinner in break in the fourth, setting himself at two all.
Sinner’s cramps
Just before the two-hour mark Sinner suffers hand cramps but holds serve and takes the lead at 3-2 thanks also to an ace and a winning serve at 40 all. Sinner breaks in the fifth and takes the lead to 4-2, then to 5-2 while holding serve. Alcaraz gets back on serve and goes to 5-3 but Sinner manages his serve well even with an ace and wins the third set.
The battle of the fourth set
In the fourth set the real battle begins: Alcaraz holds serve in the first game, and Sinner makes it 0 in the second, 1-1, Alcaraz still ahead in the fourth, 2-1. He recovers Sinner and takes it to 2 all, leaving just one point to the Spaniard, who recovers on his serve and goes to 3-2. Perfect in the Sinner service who recovers and goes to 3 all. Alcaraz holds his turn of service magnificently, performing some acrobatics, and takes the lead back to 4-3, promptly recovered by Sinner in his turn of service, 4 all, Alcaraz still ahead in his serve, with a brief interruption due to illness of a spectator, 5-4. In the end Alcaraz prevailed, breaking serve from his Italian friend, 2 sets equal at the end of three hours and 18 minutes of match.
The decisive set
In the decisive set, the fifth, Alcaraz seems to take off by winning the first game, taking the second from Sinner and also winning the third. The fourth goes to Sinner serving but Alcaraz also holds his serve and takes the lead to 4-1. Sixth game to Sinner who leaves the Spaniard empty, 4-2. Alcaraz serving again, the game is 5-2 for him and the match seems decided. Sinner disagrees on serve and it goes to 5-3, but the Spaniard closes it immediately afterwards.
Alcaraz hugs Sinner after winning the semi-final
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