Roland Garros 2024 F: [4] Alexander Zverev vs. [3] Carlos Alcaraz

[mightyjeditribble]

I'm going with Alcaraz in 5. He's the favourite but Zed has a real chance to win his first slam here. On the other hand, Zverev has played a lot of tennis this fortnight; if he shows up low on energy, Carlos will win easily. Let's see! I think another 5-setter is definitely possible.

 

[Nappa]

Zverev has this RG in the bag. Too bad Nadal got to play against him 1st Round. Unlucky.

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

Which player will cop the "stomach bug" excuse tomorrow?

 

[NeutralFan]

Z has to win it . I am confident in him this time, maybe it was the allegation thing that impacted his tennis.

 

[NeutralFan]

Tsitsipas, Sinner and Zverev - probably the toughest set of opponents possible for Alcaraz to win the title. If he wins it, then he really does deserve to win

Sinner and Z I agree but No BH return clown Stef?lol

 

[Terenigma]

Tsitsipas, Sinner and Zverev - probably the toughest set of opponents possible for Alcaraz to win the title. If he wins it, then he really does deserve to win

Rune, De Minaur, Ruud not to mention getting Nadal of all players in the 1st round is not exactly bad either. Both will deserve it.

 

[mike danny]

Zverev winning this would be a bigger surprise than Stan winning in 2015

 

[StrongRule]

Zverev winning this would be a bigger surprise than Stan winning in 2015

Wawrinka winning wasn't that shocking, really. He was the first player Djokovic faced in that tournament who actually had the game, physical form and mentality to challenge him. Murray (not even mentioning 2015 Nadal) didn't have any of these, and still won 2 sets.

 

[sportsfan1]

Carlos has sent his last two opponents, stefanos and sinner, back early for extra time working on their relationships. Zverev needs that more than others. More than time celebrating an rg win. Will Carlos be able to help?

 

[Halba]

First RG final for both. Z has been the form player of the clay season while Carlitos struggled for most of the clay swing before showing up at this RG. H2H 5-4 for Zverev, who has beaten the Spaniard in the last meeting at the slams (AO '24 QF). Who will win?

Gotta go with Alcaraz. 2 GS to 0GS a big difference. he has played 2 GS finals previously and won 2GS(100% conversion rate which is excellent). Zverev has played 1 GS final and won 0 GS(0% conversion rate- poor). A big difference in

A) the GS count
B) the conversion(from 100% to 0% for Zverev)
C) Talent- Surface spread- He is evenly talented across all surfaces. Zverev hasnt succeeded in Grass.

Albeit on a small sample size, but Alcaraz is 21, Zverev is a journeyman now at 27. Factoring this all in, Alcaraz is more talented by far and should win on Sunday- 4 sets imho.

 

[Alcawrath]

Which player will cop the "stomach bug" excuse tomorrow?

Idk, after watching the match it didn't appear he was faking it. I've watched Ruud lose numerous times and none of them looked like that.

Also, it's really hard to gauge Zverev right now. He was dominant, but Ruud was zombie like for most of the match

 

[sandiegoman]

Rune, De Minaur, Ruud not to mention getting Nadal of all players in the 1st round is not exactly bad either. Both will deserve it.

I know... beating Nadal in the first round makes him an instant goat

 

[TTMR]

The Great Alk in 3 and a half sets or less.

 

[Service Ace]

Please save us Alcaraz.

 

[Oval_Solid]

wrong match

 

[duaneeo]

Things aren't looking good for Zverev. He beat Carlos the last time they met in BO5, and no player has ever beaten Carlos two times in a row at the slams.

 

[travlerajm]

Zverev winning this would be a bigger surprise than Stan winning in 2015

Not really.

 

[The Green Mile]

Think Carlos takes it, I just back him more than Zverev in the biggest of moments.

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

StrongRule rooting for Z.
Lol.

 

[FeroBango]

Looool you really have messed It up, Carlos was born to win on Sunday man, zverev has been Lucky the whole Clay season, tell me Who has he faced? Who is he tested against? A much more unmature Carlos almost went to 5 sets against the best form zverev ever, now zed has no chance, Carlos Will win on Sunday in 3 or 4 sets

Inshallah may you be right

 

[Genie Of the Bank]

Carlos in 3 sets for his 3 major.

 

[FeroBango]

Yeah if you really look objectively at the opponents they beat and how they beat them, Alcaraz has pretty much indisputably been better across this fortnight. But Z can sometimes zone against Alcaraz and leads the slam head-to-head 2-1. Scary stuff but I think Carlos will come out on top.

Yeah I for one am not sleeping peacefully knowing there's Z waiting.

 

[grandefrankie]

Alcarez will win very easily. He just beat a much tougher opponent than Zverev who was playing his very best.

 

[aman92]

Sinner and Z I agree but No BH return clown Stef?lol

Tsitsipas is still among the top 5 players on clay in the tour

 

[MichaelNadal]

Let’s go Chainz

 

[Mike Sams]

Nadal losing to the 2024 Roland Garros champion would not like such a bad thing now.

 

[Mike Sams]

Alcarez will win very easily. He just beat a much tougher opponent than Zverev who was playing his very best.

Zverev's peak level is higher than Sinner's. At least on Paris clay.

 

[Mike Sams]

Zverev winning this would be a bigger surprise than Stan winning in 2015

What you mean? Stan was one of the favourites to win after he went through Federer and Tsonga.

 

[jl809]

I think it will be (and am hoping for) a win for Carl, mainly because it’s a slam final, and I don’t expect Abuserev to be able to cope with the mental component of that. If it were a SF I’d say it’s genuinely up for grabs

 

[RS]

The winner gets over 2.5 million dollars. Loser get's over 1.3 million dollars.

 

[Nappa]

Carlos in 3 sets for his 3 major.

What the hell is happening there

 

[Nappa]

 

[junior74]

# A B Z in 3, 4 or 5.

 

[Kralingen]

Zverev winning this would be a bigger surprise than Stan winning in 2015

Djokovic was a massively larger favourite than Carlos is in this match so I don’t know about that.

 

[neytron]

Alcaraz needs to play the same as in 4-5 sets against Sinner and then everything will end pretty quickly, as in his 4 wins against Zverev.

 

[sumithar]

Should Zverev win, that will make 4 different men holding the 4 GS titles at the same time. I did a quick eyeballing of past results- had to go back to 2003 to see when it last happened. Sound about right?

 

[neytron]

Zverev was very lucky in this RG. He was on the verge of losing against Griekspoor and Rune, instead of his kryptonite Medvedev he played against De Minaur, Djokovic withdrew, Ruud was sick.

 

[reaper]

Should Zverev win, that will make 4 different men holding the 4 GS titles at the same time. I did a quick eyeballing of past results- had to go back to 2003 to see when it last happened. Sound about right?

Slams were pretty concentrated among 3 players from 2004 until very recently, so sounds right.

 

[ultimathule]

Alcaraz will win it somehow, someway OR Zverev will lose it somehow, someway.

 

[Sarzy]

Really hoping Alcaraz wins this, I don't mind how many sets it takes!

 

[Genie Of the Bank]

What the hell is happening there

Maybe the arm is cramping.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Zverev winning this would be a bigger surprise than Stan winning in 2015

Not really. Alcaraz isn’t big 3 level. He’s no Nadal at RG or not even 2015 Djokovic. Wawrinka proved he could go toe to toe with peak Djokovic in slams.

 

[austintennis2005]

Z gót absolutely frozen in the USO finals against Thiem. He won’t be so bad, but he ain’t getting past Tiny.

That was four years ago. Just because a player does something in one match years ago doesn’t mean they will do the same in every subsequent match. Players evolve

 

[junior74]

Let’s go Chainz

What happen-ed, Michael - u turned to the dark side?

 

[Deleted member 758560]

What happen-ed, Michael - u turned to the dark side?

michael always liked him iirc so dunno why you so surprised

 

[albertobra]

The fact is I believe Zvev deserves a slam. So let it be. Quality serving will be determinant, because with that, all the rest comes.

 

[travlerajm]

Tsitsipas is still among the top 5 players on clay in the tour

But he has a hole in his game that the top players can easily exploit.

 

[Airspun]

Z is +220 los is -300
Vegas knows d gold

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

What happen-ed, Michael - u turned to the dark side?

Dark side is always better than the good side

 

[MichaelNadal]

Dark side is always better than the good side

Nope