RG2024 QF: Carlos Alcaraz[3] v Stefanos Tsitsipas[9]

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The anticipated quarter final from this section of the draw. Both have won a Masters title this year but Stefanos gained his on the clay in Monte Carlo and has played a full clay season. Alcaraz on the other hand had to miss 3 of the 4 clay tournaments due to injury and comes in with much less match play.

Bookies have Alcaraz as the favourite unsurprisingly given Carlos leads the H2H 5-0



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Carlos in 5. Titspas is hittng over the backhand more. Changed his technique and is also much more aggressive from that wing.
So he should give Alcaraz more trouble than in the past.
Brutal draw for Alcarzaz:
Titpas in 4/5 long sets, then Sinner in the SF for a 6 hour 5 set slugfest.
All that to just get to Novak in the final.
 
Alcaraz won't be pushed to 5 sets at this Roland Garros, so I wouldn't call it a "brutal draw".
Alcaraz is 5-0 against Tsitsipas, one of the most lopsided match-ups you'll ever see in the Top 10.
And Sinner is the weakest #2 seed we've probably ever seen at Roland Garros, given his best clay achievement is 2022 Umag...
And whom does Alcaraz meet in the Final.... the weakest version of Djokovic we've ever seen, or whomever feasted on Djokovic.
AO will very soon be the only title missing from Alcaraz's grand slam trophy cabinet.

DonutBoy1128 said:
Sinner hasn't proved himself on clay YET, he is a decent clay court player. Djokovic is currently playing quite well too
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Sinner's almost 2 years older than Alcaraz, so what's the hold-up?
And Djokovic is currently being pushed to 5 sets by Musetti, after losing to Machac at Geneva.
The worst version of Djokovic at Roland Garros since 2005.
 
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Unfortunately I couldn‘t watch the previous round for both. Can anyone give me a quick summary of how they played?
 
ANTedwardsWON said:
Alcaraz won't be pushed to 5 sets at this Roland Garros, so I wouldn't call it a "brutal draw".
Alcaraz is 5-0 against Tsitsipas, one of the most lopsided match-ups you'll ever see in the Top 10.
And Sinner is the weakest #2 seed we've probably ever seen at Roland Garros, given his best clay achievement is 2022 Umag...
And who does Alcaraz meet in the Final.... the weakest version of Djokovic we've ever seen, or whoever feasts on Djokovic.
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Sinner hasn't proved himself on clay YET, he is a decent clay court player. Djokovic is currently playing quite well too
 
TennisFan3 said:
Carlos in 5. Titspas is hittng over the backhand more. Changed his technique and is also much more aggressive from that wing.
So he should give Alcaraz more trouble than in the past.
Brutal draw for Alcarzaz:
Titpas in 4/5 long sets, then Sinner in the SF for a 6 hour 5 set slugfest.
All that to just get to Novak in the final.
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I‘d agree that his backhand looks improved but I still think not enough that he can trouble Alcaraz with it, maybe extend some rallies. I think Alcaraz in 4, maybe even three still.
 
Rattie said:
The anticipated quarter final from this section of the draw. Both have won a Masters title this year but Stefanos gained his on the clay in Monte Carlo and has played a full clay season. Alcaraz on the other hand had to miss 3 of the 4 clay tournaments due to injury and comes in with much less match play.

Bookies have Alcaraz as the favourite unsurprisingly given Carlos leads the H2H 5-0



https://twitter.com/x/status/1797277773267972538
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Extremely dangerous match for Alcarez. This is probably the best version of Tsitsipas he's ever played. which means Carlos has to bring best version of himself. hopefully that arm is still good :p
 
Rooting for Carlos, but Stepanoe in 4. Alcaraz missed most of the clay season and still lacks some rhythm imo.
 
As a side question: I know it's seemingly well past obvious to many here, but does anyone think that any one-hander can reliably hold their own at the top of the top any more? Or is it just too much of an inherent weakness at this point, regardless of who is wielding it, natural talent, red-lining potential, peak capability, etc.?

Or, is it more of a population sampling problem (ie. such a low percentage of juniors are playing a one-hander (like probably <5% at this point?) that the best of the best just simply aren't good enough at this moment in time?

Or some combination of the two? Or something else?

I ask in earnest, as a one-hander myself, who is thinking of converting to two, even if only partially (just for serve returns), as an experiment if nothing else.
 
TheSlicer said:
Carlos is too fast for tsitsipas, he gets to the ball too early, i dont see how tsitsipas could win a best of 5 against him unless Carlos plays horrible, Carlos in 3 or 4 sets max
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You're probably correct on that facet alone, without the need to even look at 1HBH vs 2HBH, etc.
 
Spin Diesel said:
Unfortunately I couldn‘t watch the previous round for both. Can anyone give me a quick summary of how they played?
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I only watched the Alcaraz match. I would say he wasn’t as impressive as he was against Korda. Typical slow start giving his serve away in the opening game although he did break straight back. There were a lot of loose shots and unexpected errors at least early on although he still dominated the first set. He was also a break up in the second before Felix called the trainer.
After that FAA was not visibly hampered but his game just deserted him; far too many errors and Carlos ran away with it.
A bit patchy from Alcaraz and not as good as he was against Korda but I guess he didn’t need to be.
Having said that Stefanos went a set and a break down against Arnaldi before he sorted himself out.
 
Rattie said:
I only watched the Alcaraz match. I would say he wasn’t as impressive as he was against Korda. Typical slow start giving his serve away in the opening game although he did break straight back. There were a lot of loose shots and unexpected errors at least early on although he still dominated the first set. He was also a break up in the second before Felix called the trainer.
After that FAA was not visibly hampered but his game just deserted him; far too many errors and Carlos ran away with it.
A bit patchy from Alcaraz and not as good as he was against Korda but I guess he didn’t need to be.
Having said that Stefanos went a set and a break down against Arnaldi before he sorted himself out.
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Thanks! :) Only saw the score and some highlights but then you still never really know.
 
I would like Stefanos to reach a new level, he has great potential!!

Now, to wake him up, he would have to win against Carlos on the scoreboard 5:0, but there has to be a first time...

Stefanos has to play high balls, because Carlos is not a giant, that is, go to the net, because if he starts playing rally, he will lose...

Mainly play balls beyond the reach of your legs and arms, but wisely, and consistently win your serve!!!
 
Tsitsipas will have played at least 10 sets of tennis in the 48 hours before the QF. I wonder how much of a factor that might be
 
Smecz said:
I would like Stefanos to reach a new level, he has great potential!!

Now, to wake him up, he would have to win against Carlos on the scoreboard 5:0, but there has to be a first time...

Stefanos has to play high balls, because Carlos is not a giant, that is, go to the net, because if he starts playing rally, he will lose...

Mainly play balls beyond the reach of your legs and arms, but wisely, and consistently win your serve!!!
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He will have to be very aggressive with his tactical approach and prevent Alcaraz from cornering him into his backhand side.
:)
 
Cannot see past Carlos as this is just such a great match up for him and bad one for Stefanos.

However, if Stefanos serves well and plays the way he has been, he can at least make it 4 relatively hard sets, rather than last year where he got demolished.
 
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