Staff Reporter.
Spanish second seed Carlos Alcaraz thrashed Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets to reach the Olympic men’s singles final.
Four-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz won 6-1 6-1 against 13th seed Auger-Aliassime at Roland Garros and will now contest his third major final in two months.
The 21-year-old won the French Open at the same venue in Paris in June, before triumphing at Wimbledon last month.
The final is very important for me and the Spanish people but I try not to think about how important it is and will focus on the match,” said Alcaraz.
Alcaraz will face either Serbia’s Novak Djokovic or Italian Lorenzo Musetti in Sunday’s showpiece, with the pair set to play their semi-final at 18:00 BST on Friday.
Top seed Djokovic – a 24-time Grand Slam winner – is seeking a first Olympic gold medal and the one major title missing from his illustrious collection.
If the 37-year-old overcomes 11th seed Musetti, he will set up a repeat of last month’s Wimbledon final against Alcaraz, which the Spaniard won in straight sets.
The 22-year-old was defeated by Djokovic in the Wimbledon semi-finals last month but has breezed through the draw in Paris, winning all four matches in straight sets.
World number 16 Musetti made the semi-finals by defeating defending champion Alexander Zverev.
Despite boasting a 6-1 head-to-head record over the Italian, Djokovic has endured two titanic battles with his rival on the Roland Garros courts.
At the 2021 French Open, Musetti swept to a two-sets lead before a back injury forced him to quit their last-16 clash in the final set.