Stéfanos Tsitsipás suffered a heavy defeat against Carlos Alcaraz in the Roland Garros quarterfinals, the fifth consecutive defeat against the Murcian. The Greek was barely able to stand up to Philippe Chatrier and part of that poor performance was associated with taking a melatonin pill hours before jumping on the track.
"One thing I'm going to try to avoid in the future is taking melatonin pills and taking naps before games because it clearly doesn't seem to be working," Tsitsipás explained after the game, although without diminishing the merit of Alcaraz's victory, which he solved the pass to the semifinals in just over two hours (6-2, 6-1 and 7-6 (5).
"I had some night sessions. Not very late, but late enough to ruin my sleep schedule, somehow," the Athenian, a finalist in Paris in 2021, insisted on his problems sleeping, who continues to resist a Grand Slam title.
As was the case this year at the Conde de Godó Trophy in Barcelona, Tsitsipás was dominated by an Alcaraz who hardly showed any cracks in his game, only faltering at the end of the third set. "He played tennis with few mistakes and that was enough to beat me," he said of El Palmar, of whom, however, he assured that he did not play "his best game"
"He played very well. I mean, I don't think he played exceptionally, but he played very well," Tsitsipás clarified about Alcaraz who will now face Novak Djokovi for a place in the final, whom he beat last year in the Masters 1000 Madrid in the only confrontation to date between the two.
