Alcaraz crushes Tsitsipas to book Sinner semi-final at French Open

Carlos Alcaraz halted ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas's mid-match comeback to win 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4 on Tuesday, setting up a blockbuster French Open semi-final against incoming world number one Jannik Sinner.

The third seed, who had a 5-0 record against Tsitsipas, dominated his Greek opponent with high kick serves to the backhand, winning the first set in 33 minutes.

The rematch of last year's quarterfinal on Court Philippe Chatrier appeared to have the same outcome as Alcaraz broke and then held to lead 3-0, with Tsitsipas not helping his cause with an error-prone performance early in the second set.

Tsitsipas worked the crowd after hitting a stinging forehand when trailing 4-2 and appeared rejuvenated as he finally solved the puzzle with a break back before drawing level, but Alcaraz raised his game in the tiebreak to double his lead.

Tsitsipas, frustrated, repeatedly complained about Alcaraz's delayed grunts and nearly hit him with an overhead smash in a feisty third set, but his Spanish opponent breezed through the match to advance to his second Roland Garros semi-final.

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