Tennis
Alcaraz defeats Auger-Alassime to become first finalist at Paris Olympic tennis tournament
Carlos Alcaraz / Photo: © Clive Brunskill / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz has reached the men’s singles final of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Alcaraz, seeded second, beat Canada’s Felix Auger-Alassime (13) 6-1, 6-1 in a match that lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes.
The 21-year-old Spaniard became the first finalist of the Olympic tournament. The three-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments will compete for the gold medal of the Paris Games with the winner of the match Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 1) – Lorenzo Musetti (Italy, 11).
Auger-Alassime will play in the bronze medal match, against the loser of the Djokovic-Musetti pair.
Olympic Games. Paris. Clay
Singles Men’s Semi-Finals
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 2) – Felix Auger-Alassime (Canada, 2) – 6:1, 6:1
Source: Sportbox
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