Alcaraz-Djokovic: autopsy of the ultimate shock

Since the draw that had placed the two favorites of the tournament at the top of the Roland-Garros draw, this final before the letter has made the tennis world salivate. From dream to reality. The earth will shake. With the rational hope that this generational shock, which opens the ball of the semifinals (from 14:45), followed by Casper Ruud-Alexander Zverev, ignites the Philippe-Chatrier court. All the ingredients are there for a tennis feast.

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• Roland Garros Men's Singles
• Roland Garros Women's Singles

It took thirteen months to see the Spanish phenomenon and the insatiable Serbian record hunter scrap a second time after an already epic fight in the semifinals of the Madrid tournament (victory of Alcaraz in three sets 6-7, 7-5, 7-6, in 3h35): "Since last year, I wanted to play again against Novak", breathed the one who became the youngest world number 1 in history, last September, in the wake of his first Grand Slam title, at the US Open.

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