Stefanos Tsitsipas ’embarrassing’ as Greek destroyed by Alcaraz at French Open
Tennis legend Tim Henman has revealed that he thought that it was ‘borderline embarrassing’ the best way that Stefano Tsitsipas was simply knocked out of the French Open by Carlos Alcaraz. The Greek by no means actually bought a foothold within the match and struggled to land a blow as he was crushed in straight units by the world No 1, along with his opponent trying like a drive to be reckoned with within the ultimate 4 at Roland-Garros later this week.
Alcaraz cruised by way of the primary two units with relative ease in a shocking solo show that left supporters surprised by the person ability and brilliance, although complacency quickly slipped into his recreation. He threw Tsitsipas a lifeline within the third set and shortly discovered himself battling it out at a tiebreak, although it was solely a slight inconvenience for the Spaniard as he put the match to mattress in spectacular fashion to ebook himself a spot within the semi-finals.
Speaking to Eurosport about Alcaraz’s spectacular efficiency on Tuesday night, Henman mentioned: “He’s a joy to watch, there were times when it felt like an exhibition because he was just coming up with so many shots. Tsitsipas is No.5 in the world, he’s been in the final of Roland-Garros before, but for the vast majority of that match, he just didn’t know what to do. Completely outplayed.
“For those first two and a half sets it was borderline embarrassing how average Alcaraz was making Tsitsipas look. The focus has to be on Alcaraz’s quality, Tsitsipas was looking to implement his game plan, but he just wasn’t allowed. There was no area of Alcaraz’s game that he could attack.”
Alcaraz will now face Novak Djokovic on Friday night time in what is certain to be a blockbuster of a match, and the Serbian will already be questioning how he’ll overcome his in-form opponent.
Though Mats Wilder believes that he could possibly be given an opportunity to capitalise on how Alcaraz misplaced focus late on towards Tsitsipas.