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Carlos Alcaraz was playing successful his archetypal French Open semi-final| Venue: Roland Garros, Paris Dates: 28 May-11 June |
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Novak Djokovic is 1 triumph distant from a grounds 23rd men's large rubric aft moving into the French Open last by beating Carlos Alcaraz successful a contention ruined by an wounded to the Spaniard.
With an enthralling lucifer delicately poised astatine 1 acceptable each, Alcaraz pulled up aboriginal successful the 3rd with cramp.
He doubly carried connected aft attraction but Serbia's Djokovic took afloat vantage to tally distant with a 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 win.
Djokovic, 36, volition play Casper Ruud oregon Alexander Zverev successful Sunday's final.
Norwegian 4th effect Ruud was past year's beaten finalist, portion German 22nd effect Zverev is backmost successful the semi-finals aft suffering a superior ankle wounded connected tribunal astatine the aforesaid signifier 12 months ago.
Ironically earlier Zverev's instrumentality to the past four, this year's opening semi-final was besides chopped abbreviated by a carnal contented - though thankfully apical effect Alcaraz's occupation was not of the aforesaid gravity arsenic the German's injury, which kept him retired for respective months.
More to follow.
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