NEWS: 2022 Carlos Alcaraz loses again 48 days later and says goodbye to Paris.

 

The Murcian, who had the ball to force the fifth set, falls in four sets with Zverev.

Akcaraz looks downcast during the match with Zverev.

Alcaraz 's dream in Paris came to an end in the quarterfinals against an Alexander Zverev who imposed forcefulness with the first serve and made fewer unforced errors than his rival; 34 to 56.

48 days had passed since the last time the Murcian had fallen in a match. It was in his debut at the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000 with Sebastian Korda.

Another lanky tennis player like Zverev is his fourth executioner this season, with a score of 6-4, 6-4, 4-6 and 7-6(7) , after Matteo Berrettini (Australian Open), Rafael Nadal ( Indian Wells) and the aforementioned Korda in the Monegasque Principality.

Alcaraz was unable to convert a fifth set point at 6-5, a backhand died in the net, and he gave up the sixteenth point of the sudden death with a backhand missile .

Sascha equals his best result in the French Internationals while Carlitos is already thinking green. His next appearance will be June 13-19 at the Queen's Open 500 .

The match started with a break option for the Spaniard in the second game. He got away from her and completely changed the scenery.

More error than usual, he accumulated 16 errors at the conclusion of the first set, Alcaraz gave up his serve in the fifth game. Zverev was intractable at service and that income was worth it to tip the partial in his favor.

It was the first time in the tournament that the Murcian lost the initial set. He had to come back and that happened to be more consistent from the white line.

The fan filled the center in a historic day for tennis that ends with the duel between Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Carlos had to use himself to do magic and he began to do it with accurate drops (43) and raises to the net (50). From the bottom of the track Sascha was being better.

The young player looked at his bench and opened his arms as if looking for explanations. The summary of what the game was going to be was the second option of 'break' that he had with 2-1. On Zverev's second serve, he blasted a forehand straight wide.

The unforced error counter was already over twenty. The pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero was saved by the left ones. At every moment of difficulty, one was taken out of the hat.

Zverev had two break balls in the seventh game that sounded halfway through the semifinal. He took the second. The score was two sets to nil. The Murcian had played five games exhausting the sleeves

The service of the Hamburg tennis player was a kind of catapult difficult to counteract. With tips of 219 kilometers per hour.

The fans wanted more tennis. At 5-4 and set point, Sascha double faulted. It was the first gift from him at the party. He would fix it after his opponent missed the third break ball. He was signing a 72 percent effectiveness with the first service.

Alcaraz had to refresh his ideas and went through the changing rooms. He needed a chip change if he wanted to extend his streak of 14 straight wins on the European clay tour.

Consecutive wins on clay

Rafael Nadal 81 (2005-2007)

Novak Djokovic 17 (2011)

Pablo Cuevas 17 (2014-2015)

Casper Ruud 16 (2021-2022)

Andy Murray 15 (2015)

Roger Federer 14 (2009)

Carlos Alcaraz 14 (2022)

Zverev had the ticket in his hands in game nine when he enjoyed a 5-4 option from return. The king of the drops returned to resort to them to earn an extra life.

"Carlos, Carlos", was heard throughout the Bois de Boulogne. Carlitos listened to him and responded to expectations with the best games of the match. It was the tenth round, the one that gave him the third set.

The fourth set seemed decided with a double fault from the Spanish at 4-4. The world number three served for the semi-final and failed because his opponent was braver than ever since the return. The 'tie break' dictated sentence.

"I hope to win the title here before Carlos starts winning so many times that we don't have a chance," commented the winner at the conclusion.