Jannik Sinner is just 22, and Carlos Alcaraz just 21, yet they’ve already built quite a rivalry heading into their French Open semifinal on Friday. Spain’s Alcaraz owns two Grand Slam titles and spent time at No. 1 in the rankings. Italy’s Sinner won the Australian Open in January and will ascend to No. 1 next week.
Spain ’s Carlos Alcaraz plays a shot against Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris , Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Italy ’s Jannik Sinner plays a shot against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris , Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
The other men’s semifinal Friday is Norway’s Casper Ruud, twice the runner-up in Paris — to Rafael Nadal in 2022 and to Novak Djokovic in 2023 — against Germany’s, a finalist at the 2020 U.S. Open, an Olympic gold medalist and into the final four at Roland Garros for the fourth consecutive year. Zverev is involved inNo. 4 Zverev vs. No. 7 Ruud is not a bad matchup as far as tennis goes. But it’s No. 2 Sinner vs. No. 3 Alcaraz that is capturing all of the buzz.
Both are capable of hammering the ball, eliciting gasps from spectators. Both are all-court players with admirable variety . Both elicit heaps of praise from opponents.“Well, you have to run like it is a marathon, side-to-side. I think he has nothing bad. Everything he does, he does it perfectly. The way that he hits the ball is unbelievable. The way he moves — really, really well. He pushes you to the limit on every ball, on every point.
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