Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz 6-2 3-6 6-3

Jannik Sinner is back ahead with Carlos Alcaraz in the first semifinal of Roland Garros. The South Tyrolean, in fact, made the third set his own 6 games to 3 and is now ahead 2 sets to 1 in the penultimate act of the Paris Slam.

Sinner got off to a strong start right away and broke Alcaraz on serve in the opening game. The Italian has no problem confirming the break lead and in the third game he repeated it. Jannik flies in an instant to 4-0. Here comes a timid reaction from Alcaraz, who moves the score and recovers a break disadvantage, but a new stretch by Sinner is worth the first set, closed 6-2

In the second partial, Sinner also gets the break in the opening game and confirms it, despite two double faults. In the fourth game, however, the South Tyrolean accuses the first real break of the match and gives up the serve, before Alcaraz completes the comeback (3-2). The inertia of the challenge changed: the Italian dropped in intensity and the Spaniard strung two more games (5-2), and called to serve for the set, he closed for 6-3.

Sinner continued to have problems on serve and Alcaraz took advantage of it also at the start of the third set, scratching the break in the third game. The Italian’s reaction, however, was immediate: counter break and overtake (3-2) in a fifth game in which he had to cancel three break points and live with cramps in his right forearm. For the Spaniard, the break was prolonged: Sinner strung two more games in a row, and on 5-3 and serve, filed the third partial 6-3.