MOSCOW, May 31 German tennis player Alexander Zverev made it to the semi-finals of the French Open , which takes place on the clay courts of Paris. Zverev, the third racket of the world, beat the sixth ATP rating Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals with a score of 6:4, 6:4, 4:6, 7:6 (9:7). Tennis players spent 3 hours and 18 minutes on the court. Zverev defeated a top 10 player in a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. Before that, he suffered 11 defeats. For reaching the final, Zverev will compete with the winner of the match between the reigning Roland Garros champion Serb Novak Djokovic (first racket of the world) and Spaniard Rafael Nadal (5). Zverev is 25 years old. It is his seventh time playing in the main draw of Roland Garros, his best result was reaching the semi-finals in 2021. Alcaraz is 19 years old. He performs at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris for the second time. The Spaniard has won four ATP tournaments this year, including the Masters in Miami and Madrid.
