Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament at Roland Garros on Thursday thanks to his victory in two sets against American Tommy Paul (13e world) 6-3, 7-6 (9/7).
The world number three, one of the big favourites for the gold medal, will face the winner of the quarter-final between the Norwegian Casper Ruud and the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the last four.
Winner of the last two Grand Slam tournaments, Roland-Garros and Wimbledon, Alcaraz was knocked out on Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the doubles with his compatriot Rafael Nadal.
German defending champion Alexander Zverev was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Olympic tennis tournament at Roland Garros on Thursday by Italian Lorenzo Musetti (16).e world), victorious in two sets 7-5, 7-5.
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Alexander Zverev
A recent semi-finalist at Wimbledon, Musetti will face in the last four the winner of the quarter-final in the evening between the Serb Novak Djokovic and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Three years after his Olympic victory in Tokyo, where he beat Russian Karen Khachanov in the final, Zverev will not taste a medal again.
He lost in the Roland-Garros final last June to the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who for his part qualified for the last four of the Olympic Games at the expense of the American Tommy Paul (6-3, 7-6).
Zverev’s elimination is the second surprise of the day on the Parisian clay after that of Polish world number one Iga Swiatek in the semi-final of the women’s tournament.