2023 Roland Garros R128: [1] Carlos Alcaraz vs Flávio Covolli

[Hitman]

Punished that dropshot!

5-5

 

[Mustard]

Cobolli breaks back.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Cobolli breaks. Congrats to him for the fight.

 

[ojo rojo]

Lol

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Holy schnikes with that winner - Cabolli finally figured that out, and rifled a winner for the break. 5-all. More tennis.

 

[Rattie]

Shut the front door!!

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Punished that dropshot!

5-5

Yep - he put some extra red pepper on that one.

 

[Tennfan123]

Tiny is no.1 and should be on the central court

 

[gameovais]

Been watching it on/off but finally Cobolli playing with the right attitude and landing a few blows. The tennis for the last 4/5 games from both has been really fun.

 

[MiamiWeekendWarrior]

It'll be over soon but the last couple of games have been incredible.

 

[tudwell]

Man, Cobolli’s really stepped up this set. Great stuff.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Djokovic and Alcaraz both got broken back today while trying to serve out the 3rd set.

 

[gameovais]

Tiny is no.1 and should be on the central court

He'll be glad that his opening match is on SL, the rest of the tournament likely to be on PC.

 

[RF-18]

Leclerc became a tennis pro? Wow.

 

[Rattie]

Vamos Carlos!

 

[Hitman]

Cobolli has dug in deeper than an Alabama tick

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Alcaraz not doing well today versus a wide serve to the backhand

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

Bottom line there is no real favorite anywhere now except Djoker at Wimbledon. If you think this generation is gonna be ATG and consistent you are delusional

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Carlos gets the break! 6-5

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

That AD serve working for Cabolli, and he's needed it to stay afloat.

 

[Mustard]

Alcaraz should get it done now.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Another short sitter return but Covolli overhit it. Alcaraz will serve for the set & match again at 6-5.

 

[MiamiWeekendWarrior]

It's all over...

 

[Mustard]

Bottom line there is no real favorite anywhere now except Djoker at Wimbledon. If you think this generation is gonna be ATG and consistent you are delusional

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

Welp - a tie-break would be fun to see, but I think Carlos Alcaraz serves it out here. Pretty good action in this third set.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Alcaraz should get it done now.

Yes

 

[Tennfan123]

He'll be glad that his opening match is on SL, the rest of the tournament likely to be on PC.

I hope so. The tournaments should get behind him. He earned it.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

One last drop shot just for good measure.

 

[tudwell]

Cobolli has dug in deeper than an Alabama tick

Alcaraz finally brought out the tweezers. 30-0.

 

[Rattie]

Match point…

 

[notsopro]

Match threads need to be about the match. Leave the GPPD BS there, no ody cares about your GOAT/ATG takes, Stephen A...

 

[Hitman]

Its over. Nice match.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Game set and match Alcaraz

60 62 75

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Great match. Alcaraz was brilliant and credit to the Italian for playing well in 3rd and fighting hard.

 

[Rattie]

Great match! Fab to see Carlitos in good form.

Cobolli should be someone who will continue to rise. Played very well in the third set and he has very pretty eyes

 

[Nate7-5]

I approve of this score!

 

[Sampras-Bruguera 1993]

That dude had 50 chances to take this 4 sets. It was like watching the Celtics literally TRY to choke the game away against Miami the other night and they couldn't convert

 

[middleballs]

That dude had 50 chances to take this 4 sets. It was like watching the Celtics literally TRY to choke the game away against Miami the other night and they couldn't convert

Seems like you didn’t turn off the match after all.

 

[FeroBango]

Weird interview.

 

[ojo rojo]

That last set was fun.
Carlos already has a few grey hairs at 20 years old. He's very hard to dislike when interviewed. Seems a nice lad and he's not bad at the tennis.

 

[tudwell]

Seems like you didn’t turn off the match after all.

He did, he just then psychically intuited that Alcaraz is a dropshot-cheating MUG who’ll get wrecked by Sinner in the final.

 

[ghostofMecir]

Once the match was over after two sets, Cabolli relaxed and his talent shone through a bit. Good stuff overall from Carlitos. He did the right thing basically tanking Rome to save energy for this title run.

 

[mehdimike]

Game set and match Alcaraz

60 62 75

A familiar score! Isn't it?!

 

[Rattie]

That last set was fun.
Carlos already has a few grey hairs at 20 years old. He's very hard to dislike when interviewed. Seems a nice lad and he's not bad at the tennis.

He is very likeable. Scintillating tennis. Always smiling. A very friendly persona who already has hooked the crowds. His so called arrogance strikes me as confidence without the edge that tips it over into arrogance.

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

A familiar score! Isn't it?!