Carlos Alcaraz halted a mid-match fightback by ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to safe a 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4 win on Tuesday and arrange a blockbuster French Open semi-final with incoming world primary Jannik Sinner.
The third seed, who got here into the competition with a 5-0 document over Tsitsipas, triggered every kind of issues for his Greek opponent with excessive kick serves to the backhand and gained the primary set in 33 minutes.
The rematch of final 12 months’s quarter-final seemed set for a similar outcome on Court docket Philippe Chatrier as Alcaraz broke after which held to go up 3-0 as Tsitsipas didn’t assist his trigger with an error-prone show early within the second set.
Tsitsipas labored the group after hitting a stinging forehand when down 4-2 and seemed rejuvenated as he lastly solved the puzzle with a break again earlier than drawing degree, however Alcaraz raised his recreation within the tiebreak to double his benefit.
A annoyed Tsitsipas repeatedly complained about Alcaraz’s delayed grunts and almost struck him with an overhead smash in a feisty third set, however his Spanish opponent ran away with the match to achieve his Roland Garros second-semi-final.
