Djokovic downs ailing Alcaraz to e-book French Open closing spot

Jun 09, 2023 at 7:25 PM
Djokovic downs ailing Alcaraz to e-book French Open closing spot
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his semi-final match against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates successful his semi-final match towards Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.
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Novak Djokovic made an enormous leap in direction of a report twenty third males’s Grand Slam title with a 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 victory towards an ailing Carlos Alcaraz within the French Open semi-finals on June 9.

World primary Alcaraz had simply levelled the competition when catastrophe struck as he limped to his bench holding his proper leg at 1-1 within the third set.

While he continued taking part in, the U.S. Open champion was clearly hampered however Djokovic was cruel, dropping solely considered one of 12 video games to e-book a spot for Sunday’s showdown towards both final 12 months’s runner-up Casper Ruud or German Alexander Zverev.

It was unclear whether or not Alcaraz, who skipped this 12 months’s Australian Open due to a hamstring damage, was affected by cramps or injured.