ATP French Open SF: Carlos Alcaraz vs Lorenzo Musetti
🧠 Form & Context
🇪🇸 Carlos Alcaraz
- 🔥 Timing it perfectly: Dominated Tommy Paul in the QF with a ruthless bagel set—finally hitting top gear.
- 🧱 Clay dominance: 20–1 on clay in 2025 with titles in Monte Carlo and Rome, plus a Barcelona final.
- 🧠 Mental maturity: Drawing inspiration from Sinner’s discipline—managing energy better than ever.
- 💪 Grand Slam cred: This is his 4th major SF and second straight at Roland-Garros; leads H2H vs Musetti 6–1.
- 🇫🇷 Déjà vu: Like 2024, meets an Italian in RG SF after beating Sinner in five last year.
🇮🇹 Lorenzo Musetti
- 🔄 Breakout campaign: Semifinals or better in all 2025 clay tournaments so far—his most consistent stretch yet.
- ✅ Key wins: Impressive composure in dispatching Rune and Tiafoe to reach his first RG semifinal.
- 😓 Top-5 troubles: 0–5 vs top-5 players in Grand Slams; crushed by Djokovic in 2023 Wimbledon SF.
- 🧱 Paris battle scars: Three five-set losses to top-10 players at RG in previous years, plus a 2023 rout by Alcaraz.
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