Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul live: Scores and updates from French Open quarter-final
Alcaraz destroyed Paul 6-0 6-1 6-4 to set up a semi-final with Lorenzo Musetti
Carlos Alcaraz returned to the French Open semi-finals with a straight-sets win over Tommy Paul in the night session at Roland Garros.
Defending champion Alcaraz produced his finest performance of the tournament so far and required just 94 minutes to defeat Paul, the 12th seed, 6-0 6-1 6-4. The Spaniard will play Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter-finals after a dominant win over Paul, who came into the match with an abdominal injury.
Musetti, the eighth seed, defeated Frances Tiafoe in four sets earlier on Wednesday. The Italian eighth seed escaped disqualification after kicking a ball at a line judge, but continued his strong clay-court season by reaching the French Open semi-finals for the first time.
In the women’s, defending champion Iga Swiatek battled past Elina Svitolina to set up a mouthwatering clash with top seed and World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka. Swiatek has now won 26 consecutive matches at the French Open while Sabalenka defeated Qinwen Zheng and is still yet to drop a set all tournament.
Follow live scores and updates from the French Open quarter-finals, below
Carlos Alcaraz on facing Tommy Paul
“Against Tommy, I think for the people, it's going to be a really interesting match to watch, because every time we play against each other, we rise our level to the top as well.
“We make really good rallies, good points. So I think it's going to be great to watch as well. It's going to be a good quarterfinal.”
Good evening
Hello and welcome. We have a cracker of quarter-final to come tonight between Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul, with Lorenzo Musetti waiting the winner in the semi-finals.
Earlier we had Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka set up their semi-final, which will come on Thursday.
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