Alcaraz vs Auger-Aliassime: Things we learned – Roland-Garros

Carlos has the key

Understandably in a buoyant mood, Alcaraz is buzzing ahead of his quarter-final rematch with No.9 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Last June the world No.3 dominated proceedings 6-2, 6-1, 7-6(5) in Paris to extend their head-to-head to 5-0 in his favour. With his current shotmaking and his current belief, Alcaraz is talking up his chances.

“I’m really looking forward to this match. I love this kind of challenge. I’ve seen a lot of Stefanos’ matches recently, I know he’s playing great tennis, has a lot of confidence.

“But I think I have the key against him. I’ll try to make the shots that put him in trouble, show my best and hopefully the crowd will enjoy it as much as me.”