Carlos Alcaraz remained alive for his first Grand Slam title with a gutsy come-from-behind performance.
Awaiting Djokovic in the third round is Aljaz Bedene, who rallied from a set down to take out Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-4. Ramos-Vinolas, a 34-year-old left-hander, broke Alcaraz with a forehand winner to take a 5-4 lead in the fourth set. He won the tiebreak to force a fifth set. The Serb is seeking to tie Nadal with his 21st Grand Slam title. “I will look at the video and try to see what I did wrong.” “I feel tired,” Alcaraz said in his on-court interview, cracking a laugh.
Carlos Alcaraz won a French Open five-set thriller over Albert Ramos Vinolas to advance to the third round at Roland Garros.
“He train with a lot of intensity all the time. “I want to play big battles and tough battles against the best players in the world,” Alcaraz said. “The intensity he train, no?” he said. He was also up 3-0 in a fifth set that included six breaks of serve. It marked the longest match of Alcaraz’s young career at more than four and a half hours. We fought until the last point.”
Carlos Alcaraz progressed to the third round of the French Open in Paris after beating his fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos-Viñolas in a delirious five-set ...
What is clear is that Alcaraz is one of the most thrilling sights in the sport right now and his matches to come will be essential viewing. The match was ultimately decided by two supreme pieces of skill and athleticism. As Alcaraz’s errors flowed, he took the second and third sets and then he broke to serve for the match at 5-4. By cutting out his own errors, keeping the ball in play and striking one outrageous bounce smash winner, Alcaraz survived before edging out the tiebreak. He was, according to some bookmakers, the tournament favourite to win Roland Garros even with Djokovic and Nadal present. The challenge before Alcaraz on the third biggest court was one of the ultimate irritants in the game.
Spanish teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz and third seed Alexander Zverev both saved a match point in five-set French Open thrillers, while reigning champion ...
Zverev eventually regained his composure — it was the third comeback from a two-set deficit in Zverev’s career. I’m looking forward to the next challenge.” Everything is going in the right direction. Moutet knocked out 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka in round one. Zverev was being booed by the crowd in the second set as he had a heated conversation with his father in his box. “I was planning my holiday in Monaco, where I was going to go and who I was going to with and that relaxed me, thinking about the beach.
Teenage star and tournament drawcard Carlos Alcaraz is still in the French Open after a brilliant comeback win in five sets at Roland Garros.
In the fourth and fifth set I was smiling with my team." "I knew that I would have my chance in the end of fourth set. He again had to work his way back from 0-3 down in the decider.
Rising star Carlos Alcaraz has saved a match point in the fourth set on his way to victory over Albert Ramos-Vinolas in five sets at the French Open.
In the fourth and fifth set I was smiling with my team," he said. "I knew that I would have my chance in the end of fourth set. "Being number one is my dream since I stated playing tennis."
It looked like Carlos Alcaraz was going to lose on Wednesday. But he didn't -- and showed some viral-worthy points that only make him more of a star.
Entering Wednesday's match, he had won 11-straight matches and was experiencing a magical season on clay, with titles in both Barcelona and Madrid. During the latter event, he defeated Nadal and Djokovic on consecutive days in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Of course, it might be too premature to be thinking about that. Alcaraz will next face American Sebastian Korda in the third round in what should be another tightly contested battle. His self-belief and never-quit attitude enamored him even further to the already devoted crowd, who seemed to sense they were witnessing something special. "Of course it was tough, saving match ball is always tough, but I believe in myself." But since then, he's put himself in another stratosphere, with fans and expectations normally reserved only for Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. His matches have become must-see viewing, and the hype has grown with every victory.
Carlos Alcaraz speaks after his five-set win at Roland Garros on Wednesday over Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Alcaraz next faces Sebastian Korda.
I think I'm ready to play these kinds of matches in these situations and these tournaments." "In the fourth and fifth sets, I smiled with my team. ”I'm still young, but I would say a pretty experienced player now. Alcaraz might still be a teenager who only secured his driver’s license a few months ago, but he’s no longer a rookie on Tour. Despite this being only his sixth Grand Slam appearance, he has a 4-1 record in five-set matches. I know him a lot. ”I respect him.