Roland Garros: Alexander Zverev joins Carlos Alcaraz in the final
Roland Garros: Alexander Zverev-Casper Ruud 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2
Alexander Zverev è the second finalist of Roland Garros 2024. The German tennis player, in fact, è won in four sets over Norway’s Casper Ruud with a score of 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2, thus winning; his second career slam final.
The match started immediately uphill for the world number four, who immediately lost his serve in the second game. The number seven in the ATP Ranking manages to impose his rhythm right away and in a short time leads 4-1, which he maintains until the 6-2 final.
In the second partial, the inertia shifts to the side of Zverev, who manages to win the break in the opening game and then double it in the fifth game. Ruud has a mini-reaction, but the gap è quite wide and the German closes easily on 6-2, bringing the score back to even.
The third set è characterized by great balance. It was broken, however, by è the Internazionali d'Italia champion, who, after failing to break ball in the third game, snatched serve in the fifth, managing the lead until the final 6-4.
In the fourth set, the gap between the two players became even sharper with Zverev stealing the serve in the opening round and then repeating in the seventh game taking a 5-2 lead. At that point è only a formality; ending the match on 6-2.
In the finals, Alexander Zverev will face Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated newly crowned world number one Jannik Sinner in the semifinals with a score of 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3.