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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 9, 2024 at 10:08 pm

   Points won by each set: | 31-21, 26-37, 33-41, 29-17, 34-23 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   14 % Alcaraz – 23 of 159
   19 % Zverev – 26 of 133

   The super-skilful Alcaraz [3] becomes the youngest man in the Open Era to win three Slams at three different surfaces! It was rather an ugly match commenced with Zverev’s [4] two double faults in a row. Throughout the final there were ups and downs from both players, even in the most balanced set, Alcaraz already led 5:2* not playing impressively; before he broke in game no. 6, he had lost 14 points in a row on Zverev’s serve. Then the German managed to get five straight games, being two points away from losing that set at 3:5* (15/30). Alcaraz played three hours fewer before the final, and it was the crucial factor in the last two sets. Admittedly he had some issues with his left thigh, but it didn’t affect any of his shots. In a game as he led 2:1* (0/40) in the decider, unfortunately the chair umpire helped him a bit – at 15/40 Alcaraz’s second serve was wide by 2 millimetres (as the graphic animation confirmed), but the umpire decided the ball was good and the point must have been repeated – it’s still one of those most controversial rules in tennis that a player has a first serve if the point is repeated on his second serve. The Spaniard showed his tremendous agility at 4:2* (30/0) – on the full run he managed to pass the German cross-court, using just one hand on his backhand. In the following game Alcaraz converted his first match point after an error and celebrated on his back. He’s the first man in the Open Era to win the French Open with the help of two five-setters (each of them lasted more than four hours) in the last two matches (Rod Laver did it even better in 1962 surviving three five-setters from quarterfinals onwards). “Winning a Grand Slam is always special. Winning your first in every Grand Slam is always super special. But in Roland Garros, knowing all the Spanish players who have won this tournament and being able to put my name on that amazing list is something unbelievable,” Alcaraz said becoming the eighth Spaniard to raise the Roland Garros trophy in history (Manolo Santana, who passed away three years ago, began it in 1961). “[It is] something that I dreamed about being in this position since I started playing tennis, since I was five, six years old. So it’s a great, great feeling.”

   Alcaraz’s route to his 14th title:
   1 J.J.Wolf 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
   2 Jesper de Jong 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
   3 Sebastian Korda 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3
   4 Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
   Q Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-4
   S Jannik Sinner 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
   W Alexander Zverev 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2

   Serve & volley: Alcaraz 9/14, Zverev 6/10

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