Carlos Alcaraz puts an exclamation point

Spain's tennis star Carlos Alcaraz has become the first major tournament favorite to make it to the quarterfinals of the French Open - and in impressive fashion.

June 02, 2024

From: dpa

The 21-year-old defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6:3, 6:3, 6:1 in his round of 3 match on Sunday. In the round of the best eight, the world number three meets Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek also defeated the Italian Matteo Arnaldi on Sunday after a difficult start with 6:7, 6:7 (4:6), 2:6, 2:XNUMX.

Alcaraz is one of the four major title candidates alongside German tennis professional Alexander Zverev, Serbian world number one Novak Djokovic and Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner from Italy. Sinner will play against Frenchman Corentin Moutet for the quarter-final ticket on Sunday evening. Zverev and Djokovic are back in action on Monday.