The shot quality, difficulty, and overall speed of the game is just different than anyone else.
So what would a semifinal match at Roland Garros gift us?
He’d taken his game to new heights after claiming the title down in Australia.
Regardless of what happened this week, he’d become the world no.
1 on Monday, the first Italian man to ever accomplish that.
As for Carlos Alcaraz?
He rocks a compression arm sleeve to help manage his on-going forearm issue.
Despite the year being a mess, he was playing very well at the French leading up to today.
This had all the makings of a classic.
Well, after four hours and twelve minutes, Carlos Alcaraz out-lasted the Italian.
In the process he became the youngest male to reach a slam final on all three surfaces.
The match started out in Carlos' words “weird.”
Something didn’t look right.
A few slo-mo shots showed kinesio tape on his lower back, which was definitely a surprise to everyone.
Was he gonna get washed away with yet another injury?
His level early on was abysmal and Sinner took advantage.
All of a sudden his level dropped and Carlos evened the match after two sets.
Best of three to decide the finalist, no quarrels with me.
Carlos had to dig deep and find something.
Just fucking play free and confident, what do you have to lose?
Well, he did that and began to take control of the match.
You started to see more and more of the Carlos the tennis world has grown to be obsessed with.
This next shot below was vintage Alcaraz.
It’s the kind of shot that separates him.
Never out of position because he creates his own position with his speed and power.
In the 5th he simply had too much momentum and energy left in the tank.
Sinner fought to try and break back late in the set, but Carlos was too strong.
I think he’d blitz Ruud, while Zverev has been known to give him issues.
Either way, it’ll be awesome to see Carlos on Sunday morning going for it all.
One thing is for certain, the sport of tennis is in great hands.
Watching Sinner and Alcaraz have these types of wars seemingly every time they step on the court is special.
Carlos has the edge in Paris, but that gap is clearly not far at all.
They both fair pretty well at Wimbledon.
Sinner has a size-able advantage in Australia, but Carlos comes alive in New York.
When they’re facing each other you gotta push aside your plans and verify you’re watching.
Sinner pretty much handles everyone else on tour except for Carlos.
There’s a rivalry here and it’s so big for the sport.
Give me a decade of this yo.
Now let’s get that FO title on Sunday Carlos.
