One step away from the finale. Or rather, to one smash. It had to be one Spectacular semifinal and in the end it was, even if frombitter outcome. It is indeed Carlos Alcaraz who will play the final of Roland Garros 2024. Jannik Sinner surrenders at the end of a long battle five sets, after having been ahead on two occasions, after the first set and after the third. A game of an intensity and one level very high, as is now expected when the Italian and the Spanish face each other on the pitch. Sinner sees his end winning streak in the Slams after the success at the Australian Open last January, Italy instead failed to win finals in Paris. After those conquered by Jasmine Paolini in the feminine, from Bolelli/Vavassori in men’s doubles and from Errani/Paolini in the women’s doubles, only hers was missing. For Alcaraz it is about first final at Roland Garros, the third in his career after those won at the US Open 2022 it’s at Wimbledon 2023. Now awaits the winner of the challenge between Alexander Zverev And Casper Ruud.
The Spaniard’s victory continues the alternation that has now become innate and characterizes the challenge between the two. To the victories of Sinner to You love me And Beijing In the 2023followed by those of Alcaraz a Indian Wells and this one from Paris. On this occasion, what proved to be decisive in the end were the greater energy of Spanish, his best general attitude to Red earth and above all a smash that ended wide, trivially missed by Sinner at the end of the match fourth set. The point of turning point of the whole match, the one that definitively gave back momentum in Alcaraz.
In short, there is a lot of disappointment, because at a certain point it really seemed like the final handy. Yet this disappointment does not overshadow the Roland Garros played by the blue, who arrived in Paris between a thousand unknowns physical. Also because Sinner exits the tournament after having achieved the (perhaps) main objective of his Parisian expedition: the historic number 1 in the world. A great way to console yourself. There mentality proven in the field is the right one, from true leader of the ranking. This defeat is a new piece to put in your luggage of the experience. One more reason to raise the bar.
This semi-final pushes it even higher rivalry between Sinner and Alcaraz. For many years we have heard that after i Big Three tennis would never be the same again. And instead Sinner and Alcaraz arrived to take the baton. Together they keep the flame alive rivalry who fascinates, divides, writes new pages of tennis. The Spanish and the blue are each other’s fuel. Now it hovers around each of their intersections the atmosphere And the wait which is there every time a event unmissable.
The next chapter between the two could come very soon. This Roland Garros isn’t over yet, but many are already looking forward to the next one Wimbledon, which will kick off in less than a month. The almost certain absence of Novak Djokovic, as well as the lack of aptitude of the main rivals in the top 10 on the green surface, create all the conditions for a new act between Sinner and Alcaraz. A match that, after this semi-final, everyone is now waiting for a Slam final. And the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, with its centuries-old history and traditions, could be the fairer theatre for the first time of its kind.
