Roland Garros 2024: Carlos Alcaraz does not fail Spanish tennis in Paris: 28 years in a row with a representative in the quarterfinals

Carlos Alcaraz embodies the present and the future of world and Spanish tennis. The man from Murcia, in the midst of the crisis in the results of the members of the Navy, stands out with his presence always among the candidates for the great titles.

Alcaraz has qualified this Sunday for the third time in a row among the best eight at Roland Garros. His last victim has been Felix Auger-Aliassime, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-1, in 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Yan has 36 consecutive victories against opponents outside the ‘top20’ in the majors since he lost in the third round of 2021 to Jan-Lennard Struff.

In this way, Spain will have a player in the quarterfinals of the men’s draw for the twenty-eighth season. To find the last without national rackets in the penultimate round you have to go back to 1996. The one who went the furthest in that edition was Francisco Clavet, defeated by Yevgeny Kafelnikov, later champion.

Aliassime was one of the five ‘top100’ who had beaten the Murcian face to face. There are only four left. The game started on time, at two in the afternoon because Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff hurried to finish.

The organization, a week later, discovered the Philippe Chatrier. However, the threat of rain was still present. Alcaraz started with problems on serve.

He likes to start games from the rest. Aliassime took the first break. There was a world left and the Murcian knew it. It took three minutes to equalize the duel. It was with a backhand from his rival that he did not go over the net.

Carlitos continued his moment and enjoyed three 3-1 balls. He once again successfully used the resource of the drop shot. But Felix also knows how to do them.

“Let’s go,” shouted Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil, with gestures towards the stands, after winning the first point of the eighth round. It was the prelude to the break that would give him the set.

Back headdress

In the continuation, when the world number three took distance again, 3-2 and serveAliassime had to go to the locker room to be treated for his back.

Alcaraz has become the public’s favorite. He livened up the wait with shadows on the track and the fans applauded. He waited so long for his opponent’s return to the court that he got cold.. He had to save a 0-40. It was a false alarm.

The American could not serve with the same power and became a toy in the hands of the third favorite in the draw, followed in the stands by celebrities like Tony Parker.

A little hand to Tsitsipas

Carlitos will meet Stefanos Tsitsipas for the second year in a row in the penultimate round. There are five precedents between the two and they all fell on the Spanish side.