​The semi-final match of the Roland Garros tennis tournament Carlos Alcaraz – Novak Djokovic is scheduled for Friday, June 9, no earlier than 15:45 at the central arena “Philippe Chatrier” live on Eurosport 1. .

Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 20 years old, No. 1 ATP) and Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 36 years old, No. 3 ATP) met in the most anticipated match of Roland Garros 2023, in a true clash of generations.

The winner of the clash between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will play for the trophy against the winner of the other semifinal between Kasper Ruud (Norway, 24, No. 4 ATP) and Oleksandr Zverev (Germany, 26, No. 27 ATP), also scheduled for Thursday. June 9 no earlier than 6:30 p.m.

Carlos Alcaraz rose to the top spot in the ATP rankings shortly before Roland Garros and managed to qualify for the semifinals of the Grand Slam tournament in Paris for the first time.

The Spaniard lost only one set in Paris, in the match of the second round to the Japanese Taro Daniel (in the five matches played so far, he lost eight times and managed to win 34 times on the opponents’ serves).

To reach this stage of the competition, Carlos Alcaraz defeated Flavio Cobolli (159 ATP) 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, Daniel Taro (112 ATP) 6-1, 3-6, 6 -1, 6-2, Denis Shapovalov (32 ATP) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, Lorenzo Musetti (18 ATP) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 and Stefanos Tsitsipas (5 ATP) 6-2, 6-1, 7-6.

Novak Djokovic is chasing the record for most Grand Slams won, currently tied with Rafael Nadal, who each have 22 trophies (Roger Federer finished his career with 20 Grand Slams).

The Serbian has only won twice at Roland Garros, and he also lost just one set this year, to Russia’s Karena Khachanova (he only dropped serve 13 times and won 30 times).

Novak Djokovic eliminated Oleksandr Kovacevich (114 ATP) 6-3, 6-2, 7-6, Marton Fucovic (83 ATP) 7-6, 6-0, 6-3, Alejandro Davidovic on clay in Paris Fiquinu (34 ATP) with 7-6, 7-6, 6-2, Juan Pablo Varillas (94 ATP) with 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 and Karen Khachanov (11 ATP) with 4-6, 7 -6, 6- 2, 6-4.

They have only met once before on an ATP tour, in the 2022 Madrid final, when Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic 6-7, 7-5, 7-6.

The Roland Garros tournament runs from May 28 to June 11, has a total prize pool of 49.6 million euros, and the titular champions are Iga Sviatek and Rafael Nadal.

Superbet offers odds of 1.45 on the prediction Total sets over 3.5: at least four sets, regardless of the winner, in the match Carlos Alcaraz – Novak Djokovic.

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