Carlos Alcaraz Defeats Alexander Zverev In Roland Garros Final

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Carlos Alcaraz Defeats Alexander Zverev In Roland Garros Final
By Ken Miller, Lawn Tennis Analyst, Posted: Monday, June 17, 2024 10:30am PST USA

Paris--At Roland Garros earlier this month, the third seeded Carlos Alcaraz of Spain defeated the fourth seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 to win his third grand slam title.

The 21 year old Alcaraz kept the 27 year old Zverev on the run in set one before Zverev used powerful serves and backhands to take the following two sets.

Alcaraz mixed soft dropshots with forceful groundstrokes to take set four.

Alcaraz also targeted the Zverev forehand in baseline rallies which is not as solid as the Zverev backhand.

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain

Alcaraz mixed in dropshots with powerful forehands to close out the match after four hours and 19 minutes of play.

In the final set, Alcaraz broke serve at one game all following a doublefault and a backhand error from Zverev.

Then with Zverev serving down 2-4, Alcaraz struck a dropshot winner before hitting two groundstroke winners to break serve to lead 5-2.

In the final game of the match, Alcaraz mixed in more dropshots with powerful forehands to close out the match after four hours and 19 minutes of play.

After the final point, Alcaraz dropped to the clay court on his back in celebration.

Alcaraz won his first grand slam at the 2022 US Open before also taking the title at Wimbledon last year.