He wins and convinces Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16 of Roland Garros. There was no match against a helpless Felix Auger-Aliassime: it ended with a clear 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 in favor of the Spanish player who conceded practically nothing to his opponent with a continuous and high-level performance . He will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals who defeated Matteo Arnaldi in a comeback.
A match that practically lasted one game for Auger-Aliassime: the initial break. The rest was swept away by the storm Alcaraz who, after the cold start, began to get going in response, defusing the serve of the Canadian who did not obtain direct points with the first on a particularly slow surface and was unable to break through the wall of the Spaniard who showed remarkable athletic condition. He thus ended the first set 6-3.
Match that didn’t change in the second set: Alcaraz had a small moment of difficulty on serve at 1-2, when he had to cancel a break point, but immediately asked for help on the first serve. Then two more breaks and another set that ended at 6-3, with Auger-Aliassime wasting three break points in a row at 3-2 to get back into the score.
A second set that actually has knocked down the Canadian player’s few remaining hopes, who no longer put up any resistance in the third set. Rather emblematic was the descent to the net and the approximate volley played on the double break ball which gave the 4-0 to Alcaraz, who then concluded his match with a 6-1.
Alcaraz who dominatedlosing serve only once in the entire match in the first game of the match: 34 winners against his opponent’s 14 and 24 free ones against the Canadian’s 39.
