PARIS: Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas have played each other five times, twice last year, both times on clay. Their second meeting was twelve months ago in the quarterfinals in Roland Garros. Alcaraz leads the head-to-head 5-0.
They meet again on Tuesday in the last-eight, the Spaniard, the No. 3 seed, and Tsitsipas the No. 9. After the long-haired Greek rallied to put out Matteo Arnaldi 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2 in the fourth round, he said he was ready for Alcaraz.