Djokovic’s withdrawal means there might be a brand new title etched on the Coupe des Mousquetaires after Sunday’s males’s singles closing.
Who that can change into remains to be anybody’s guess, however Alcaraz strengthened his claims with one other spectacular win.
Alcaraz, whose different main triumph got here on the 2022 US Open, arrived at Roland Garros with an arm harm which restricted his preparations on the European clay courts.
Regardless of nonetheless carrying a protecting arm sleeve, the issue appears behind him as he continues to easily transfer by way of the gears.
Alcaraz made a speedy begin by breaking a nervous-looking Tsitsipas within the first recreation of the evening session match and backing that up with a cushty maintain to like.
Tsitsipas famously blamed final yr’s one-sided defeat – the place he trailed 6-1 6-2 5-1 earlier than shedding the third-set in a tie-break – on taking melatonin tablets to facilitate a day snooze.
Whereas he did look sharper as he settled down, Tsitsipas nonetheless didn’t pose sufficient questions of Alcaraz and a horrible service recreation at 5-3 handed over the opening set after simply 31 minutes.
Issues threatened to run away from the Greek in a woeful begin to the second set.
Angrily chuntering at his field and shedding focus, Tsitsipas shortly fell 3-0 behind however rallied to take the set right into a tie-break.
Nonetheless, Alcaraz upped his stage once more to safe a two-set lead and was gifted one other decisive break for a 4-3 lead, in what had been a tighter third, when Tsitsipas produced his second double fault of the sport.
“It was an excellent match, I performed nice. I managed my feelings and I used to be actually calm within the moments I needed to be,” mentioned Alcaraz.