Male players to win Roland-Garros, Wimbledon, and an Olympic singles medal in the same year: Rafael Nadal (2008) Carlos Alcaraz (2024)
Carlos Alcaraz batters Felix Auger-Aliassime, into gold medal match at Paris Olympic Games
ATPFriday, 02 August 2024 at 14:47
Carlos Alcaraz's historic beating of Felix Auger-Aliassime sends the Spanish player to the grand final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (6-1/6-1).
The match started with a packed Philippe Chatrier and with both players very solid with their respective serves in the early stages, although Carlitos did more damage to his opponent with his returns.
Thus, on the second serve of the Canadian came the first break point for the Spaniard, who took advantage thanks to a double fault of his rival, who saw that if he did not get a good second the pressure of the world number 3 was too high.
Thus, things were getting easier for the Spaniard very soon. And the dynamic continued the same. He continued to be very aggressive in the rest and again broke an Aliasime who at that stage of the duel surely thought he was on his way to lose another semifinal in Paris.
Beastly difference
There was nothing to do. First set immaculate giving a recital of all his strokes: serve, return, forehand, backhand, lobs, drop shots .... In 40 minutes Charlie was one set away from reaching his first Olympic final. Although Felix tried, it seemed that there was nothing to do with the player from Palmar in the Roland Garros Central;
At the beginning of the second set, same dynamic: double fault of the Canadian with 2-1 on the scoreboard to give Carlitos the first break. Carlos was 3-1 up and break in his favor. A very comfortable match considering that it was a match to secure an Olympic medal;
There was no more history until the end of the duel. Alcaraz continued to demonstrate that today is far superior to Felix and got into his first final of the Olympic Games where this Sunday will play for the Gold against Novak Djokovic or Lorenzo Musetti.
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