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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 7, 2024 at 6:53 pm

   Points won by each set: | 21-32, 32-24, 31-37, 27-25, 34-29 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   20 % Alcaraz – 32 of 157
   26 % Sinner – 36 of 135

   Two players who will very likely define this decade with their rivalry. For the time being they have nine matches played against each other, and Alcaraz leads 5:4 (2:1 at Slams: after London and New York, first time in Paris today). Sinner [2] was much more solid for the first hour, he led 6-2, 2:0, but Alcaraz [3] has such a wide range of shots, it was only a matter of time when he’d start improving his performance. I think there were two crucial games on Sinner’s serve in this match: at 2:3 in the 2nd and 4:5 in the 4th set. In both those games he was running forwards-backwards leading 30/15 and 30/0 respectively, only to lose all the remaining points in those games to be broken. The oxygen debt is inevitable in the situations of chasing lobs on serve, especially painful when the opponent is at the same level or higher; Sinner paid the price for his two unnecessary efforts. On the other hand, he won the 3rd set in quite peculiar circumstances – there was 2-all when he was struggling with cramps in both arms, and it seemed that Alcaraz lost his focus then which cost him dropping three successive games after squandering four break points. The Spaniard raced to a 3:0* (30-all) lead in the decider, and didn’t show any sings of tiredness as the match approached its fifth hour. He didn’t play very well serving for the match, but Sinner helped a bit missing returns on deuce-court, and Alcaraz converted his third match point forcing Sinner’s forehand error. Alcaraz has a 10-1 record in five-setters now, Sinner just 6-8. “You have to find the joy suffering,” Alcaraz said like Nadal eleven years ago defeating Djokovic in five sets on the same court. “That is the key, even more here on clay at Roland Garros. Long rallies, four-hour matches, five sets. You have to fight, you have to suffer but as I told my team, you have to enjoy suffering.”

   Serve & volley: Alcaraz 6/7, Sinner 2/3

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   June 7, 2024 at 10:30 pm

   It was Sinner’s first match since he’s been a new no. 1 (the 29th ranking leader in the Open Era) – virtually, he’ll be no. 1 officially three days from now. Before the tournament he knew he would reach the peak advancing to the final regardless of Djokovic’s result. Djokovic’s earlier defeat meant automatic change on the top. The Serb withdrew (knee injury) from his quarterfinal match against Ruud

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