Alcaraz loses only five games in extraordinary performance QF Roland Garros

Carlos Alcaraz produced his best performance of the Tuesday Tuesday in Roland Garros, where he sent the American Tommy Paul 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 to reach the semifinals in Paris for the third consecutive year.

At the end of the second set, Alcaraz had dropped only one game and looked on route to establish a new best personal result in a major.

The most important victory of the Spaniard came against Jj Wolf in the first round at the Major of the clay field last year when he dropped only four games.

While he was unable to improve that record on Tuesday, the 22-year-old has still been able to advance quickly, producing a hot display during the route on the Philippe-Chaotrier camp.

“I could close my eyes and everything went,” said Alcaraz. “My feeling today was incredible. I was trying to hit every shot 100 %, not thinking about anything else, but only hitting. Today it was one of those games when everything has just entered.”

The 22 -year -old timed the ball cleanly from both wings to hit Paul’s defenses, constantly hurrying to the American with his incredible depth and heavy Topspin.

Paul had given problems in Alcaraz in the past, winning meetings in Montreal in 2022 and Miami in 2023.

However, the 28 -year -old, who fought with an abdominal injury at the beginning of the tournament, was unable to earn any point of view against Alcaraz under the Parisian night sky.

The second seed hit 39 winners and made 22 unformed errors to improve 5-2 in the Lexus Atp Head2head series of the couple, having also beaten Paul on a course towards the silver medal at the Paris Olympics in 2024.

“We are in the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam in Roland Garros and this type of match is never easy,” said Alcaraz. “I played against Tommy many times and each game was very difficult. He beat me twice. This helped me at the beginning of the game to focus only on my tennis, trying not to go down or leave it in the game. I tried to concentrate during the game.”

With his one hour and 34 minutes victory, Alcaraz became the first reigning champion to reach the semifinals the following year by Rafael Nadal in 2021. The 22 year old will try to advance to his fifth main final when he faces Lorenzo Musetti on Friday.

Alcaraz now has a record of 32-2 on Clay since last May, according to the infosys ATP Win/Loss index, highlighted by his first Roland Garros title. The player n. 2 In the PIF ATP rankings he won Masters ATP 1000 titles on the surface in 2025 in Monte-Carlo and Rome.

Paul was competing in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros for the first time, having become the first American man, alongside Frances Tiafoe, to reach the last eight in Paris from Andre Agassi in 2003. The 28 -year -old has four points at number 8 in the Pif ATP Live ranking and is destined to get on his career on Monday.

Did you know?

Alcaraz is making offers to become only the third man in this century to successfully defend his title of Roland Garros, together with Rafael Nadal (10 times) and Gustavo Kuerten (2001). [atptour.com]

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