Roland-Garros: passing with your back to the net... Carlos Alcaraz scores one of the tournament points against Djokovic

This is one of the images of this tournament. On Friday, in the semi-final of Roland-Garros the most anticipated of the fortnight, Carlos Alcaraz cracked an extraordinary point on his serve while the score was 1-1 in the second set, the first having been won by Novak Djokovic (6-3).

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Speeding towards the right corner of the net to deliver a cushion from the Serb, Carlos Alcaraz had to turn back without losing a single tenth of a second. Arriving on the ball narrowly in front of the back of the court, the Spaniard could have tried a tweener (shot between the legs) but preferred to take out a forehand pass with his back to the net to lodge the ball in the left service square of Djokovic, who remained mystified on the fly.

Dazzled like all the court Philippe Chatrier by this extraordinary point, the "Djoker" did not hide his smile when applauding with his racket the feat of his young opponent. The fight is more than ever on!