"I don't know how I did, the level of play, the level of the match was..." Carlos Alcaraz had no more words, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, to qualify his epic quarter-final against Italian Jannik Sinner.

It is easy to understand this as this confrontation dazzled the public at the US Open for 5:15.

The 19-year-old Spaniard, 4th in the world, notably had to save a match point before winning 6-3, 6-7 (7/9), 6-7 (0/7), 7-5, 6 -3.

He will therefore play, on the night of Friday to Saturday, the first Grand Slam semi-final of his so promising career against the American Frances Tiafoe (26th).


Un-believable.@carlosalcaraz we have no words.

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It was 2:50 a.m. at Flushing Meadows when Alcaraz and Sinner gave each other a long hug after their titanic quarter, which is a record, since never, in the history of the tournament, had a match ended beyond of 2h26.


Second longest match in US Open history

“There is always hope as long as we haven't lost, so I believed in my game”, confides Carlos Alcaraz about his match point saved in the fourth set.

At 19, he is simply in the running to become world number 1 on Monday.

“Frances beat Rafa and Rublev, he is very confident, so it will be really hard, warns the young Spaniard.

But I want to take advantage of this moment, of my first qualification in half.

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