Djokovic Claims First Set Against Alcaraz At French Open Semi-Final! | Eurosport

Novak Djokovic shows his experience of the big occasion, claiming the first set of this year's French Open semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz.
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[@syedhaniraza]

So happy for Nole when everyone is against him.

[@zlatasalihbegovic5292]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@sretenmarkovic9357]

Kako to misliš, SVI??? Pa nije ZAPAD ceo svet???

[@helenatrela786]

Novak Djokovic is my favourite player ever. He is amazing on and off courts. Hope He wins today in the final match and lifts the trophy in Paris. Idemo Nole 💓💓💓💪🏆

[@Mlasse954]

🤣🤣🤣🤣Djocovid just gets what he gives primitive ego

[@drlevi17]

Novak just taught all the haters and the doubters another lesson. The man is double Carlitos age. Broke him physically first, then mentally. Then literally took his legs away. Novak is absolutely the best player of Tennis that has ever lived on this planet.

[@zivojinstevanovic5644]

agreeee 100 %

[@binayraj1178]

Agree

[@Luckyluckyluc]

Where did he break him mentally? Alcaraz' performance only went downhill because of the cramp...

[@breakcraft4436]

@@Luckyluckyluc nahhh, he himself said that he was nervous because in front of him it was novak, and btw he converted i dont know 2 out of like 10 break points ? Those are not alcaraz numbers i can tell u

[@codogfg]

Agree 😬👀

[@ALLNAMESAREALLREADYT]

hot sun today , 30 degrees , wind ... worst Nole's enemies and he still has won first set against Vamositos who is always best in first set ...what do you say about that my brother ? one and only - king Novak

[@alexmay2825]

❗ Djokovic is simply *incredible!* Not only did he totally match Alcaraz in the quality of play, but *he* was the one who outlasted him *physically* - at almost twice his age! And this is not luck! It shows Novak's amazing professionalism, diet, training methods and everything. Or maybe the only reason is the new little microchip stuck to his chest. 😉

[@Luckyluckyluc]

"Outclassed him physically"... Without the cramp Alcaraz' could've run like he always does for more hours. He just had a lack of minerals in his system causing the cramp to persist... It's pretty weird when you pretend like Djokovic had anything to do with it, especially when it happened early in the 3rd set; Alcaraz has had much more demanding matches in the past and showed no signs of exhaustion...

[@alexmay2825]

@@Luckyluckyluc The fact that he cramped after the second set is a sign of Alcaraz's lack of proper care of his own body. I guess his eating habits are bad.

[@jeanbobbb]

​@@alexmay2825 Yeah this choloo eating waaay to many taco's and burrito's..

[@Skoshtwo]

What microchip? He was never vaxed.

[@alexmay2825]

@@Skoshtwo Google _djokovic microchip,_ then you will know what I mean.

[@Neuro_6]

Strong first set by Novak👍🏻

[@ameeldezi]

Novak started like a vulture or a hungry lion waiting to roar and catch his prey and did he not cash in on in a great style to land the advantage in the beginning......Superb display

[@cool3041]

Bravo Djoker 🙌🏻

[@sleekman58]

I predicted that Alcatraz will eventually cramp or get tired the more the match went on. He will still have lost even if he did not cramp. He is a great player but playing again Djoker in best of 5 is a tall order!!

[@mir-jan3496]

😄 I was thinking the same. 5 set's against Novak and specially young guys on high level tennis. Remember Rune playing Novak for the first time, first set he gives everything and later in the match he got cramps, he couldn't play.

[@pauljohnson6019]

No you don't know if he would have lost- he got the second set, and started playing much better, and not feeling tense, momentum was with him, I think he would have won in 4, bet Novak's mum jinxed him, like she did when Federer was serving for the match in 2019!

[@mir-jan3496]

@@pauljohnson6019 , You also don't know what if. Grand Slam is not the same as other tournaments. He must still grow for big tournaments playing caliber of Novak.

[@pauljohnson6019]

@@mir-jan3496 Obviously no one knows for sure, except God- but there was good chance he could have outlasted Novak and broke him down!

[@biber9979]

Nole legenda nasa najveca!!!

[@danguee1]

It's a shame Carlos makes so much noise - and mainly AFTER he's hit the shot. For that reason alone, I'm hoping Novak wins this. He sometimes howl/groans - but most of the time, not....

[@Nightopian1982]

It's why I get so fed up of watching Sabalenka play. It's relentless grunting and yelling, on every single shot, and often immediately after winning or losing a point. I get this thing about it being a release when they're putting in so much intensity, but surely some of it is designed to intimidate opponents.

[@drtash21]

Sonego's is the worst one in my opinion. So irritating and deliberately distracting. Honestly there should be fines for this.

[@rogerioarthmar9471]

Djokovic had already planned to take it to five sets to wear out the young lad from Spain. Once you've played against Nadal on clay, what in the world would be harder than that?

[@drtash21]

True. His decades' experience dealing with Nadal on clay served him well here.

[@attila6551]

König Djokovic.

[@markjohnson3196]

GOAT 🐐 CONGRATS NOLE

[@helk4725]

Je to stále velká hvězda ten Novak👍🤩

[@ivpkn]

🤜🏻Novak🤛🏻💛 nm.1

[@VuqarMmmdAbdulla]

Если ты чуть-чуть разбираешься в теннисе то сам должен понять что,где,как!😂 Запомни, Новак подкупил Алкараса чтобы взять 21 троfей НО САША в финале обыграет его! АЛКАРАС продал НАДАЛЬЯ!👎

[@marksinclair383]

A ruthless display by Djokovic. He would have beaten anyone today, including a fit Nadal. He set out to show he’s the greatest ever.

[@pauljohnson6019]

A fit Nadal? Haha, Nadal would have breezed him in straight sets, Nadal is clay God, he's won 14 times for heaven's sake!

[@aaz-wt4js]

People were all over comments yesterday saying Alcaraz in 3 sets. Eat your heart out

[@zeljakis817]

Western media,not fans.

[@frederikteisen]

It’s lovely!

[@londonwax2303]

Thank you for uploading it. Please do the whole match 😊

[@syedhaniraza]

He is the goat

[@slobodanpalic7854]

Novak je Novak!!Carlos je mlad momak i povreda će proći !

[@nachovidal8206]

Djokovic goat

[@zoranzoran4422]

Alcaraz is western media superstar

[@selini52]

Someone must pay for that?

[@aaz-wt4js]

They just blatantly hate Novak and he fucks them all. He's just built different

[@zeljakis817]

Balkan power😎

[@euneadventure3112]

@@zeljakis817 Balkan > West

[@zeljakis817]

@@euneadventure3112 Balkan aint West,never will be.

[@hsdonn664]

Watched the whole match live on Eurosports: both were amazing, Alcaraz seems to have had a bit more edge before having his cramps. But that is exactly the greatness of Novak too. Although he was playing an excellent game, it seems that the pressure and everything overtook Alcaraz's body whereas Novak was staying still. Call it experience or whatever, Novak is still a better player, just from what I saw today. But I have no doubt Alcaraz has the potential to overtake all tennis records out there. He is just phenomenal, just as McEnroe said, he has never seen such a complete player at the age of 20. Not even the big three was as good as Alcaraz is right now at that age. He just has the whole package at the highest level. Just need a bit more experience I think. Besides Novak, I see no one challenging Alcaraz frankly.

[@pankaja7974]

My prayer is that Alcaraz stays fit healthy and hungry for another 20 years. I simply love his game. I wanted this to be the final and if not the one who wins it also wins the final.

[@hsdonn664]

@@pankaja7974 I think he will definitely stay motivated to beat the grand slam titles. As concerns his health, I am not sure, but I hope he can stay so..

[@pankaja7974]

@@hsdonn664 dont make assumptions about stying motivated mate. the internet generation has a lot of distractions. that is why federer nadal and djok are so up there

[@Nightopian1982]

Well I don't know what it is with the French crowd this year, but I think it's been frankly disgusting. I've never known so much booing for players at a GS. We've had Kostyuk, Svitolina, Kasatkina, Rune, and now Djokovic. I was really puzzled by the boos for Djokovic today. It's not his fault that Alcaraz cramped up and lost. I'm not his biggest fan, I'll admit that, but no way he deserved that. I don't get what their problem is. Won't be surprised if Swiatek gets it tomorrow against Muchova. Maybe they've got the hump because so many of their players got dumped out of the tournament early.

[@frederikteisen]

Yes, the booing is disrespectful, but It’s good. Because it will make it even sweeter when Novak (hopefully) lifts the trophy on Sunday. Djokovic is like Batman in the Dark Knight. He is an incredible athlete and human, doing so much good, but still people don’t appreciate him. The stupid Mob don’t appreciate such a highly intelligent, incredible player & human, who is gonna be the ultimate GOAT eventually.

[@ivanstojanovic2024]

Because they dont have one player in second round...start rolan garos with 10 players ...idiots

[@sinestatus]

Es cierto que Djokovic ha pasado por encima de Alcaraz, pero que tampoco se deprima por eso. Perder contra el mejor jugador de la historia no es tan grave.

[@joel3659]

Eso del calambre para mi es puro cuento, que jugador no lo ha tenido/tiene calambre? Kovak ,grande como siempre!!

[@sinestatus]

@@joel3659 No sé. Es raro porque a Nadal le suelen dar muchas ganas de ir al baño cuando va perdiendo. No sé quién les aconseja hacer esas cosas.

[@humorharikon4960]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joel3659]

@@sinestatus Son trucos, mañas, son las reglas...

[@goranbras4767]

​@@sinestatus Dr

[@slobodankrdzavac6769]

Nole Champion und der best der Welt Grüß aus BRD

[@szymonipo]

Alcatraz what a noise...... Men be quiet....

[@zeljakis817]

I hate that to!!!

[@langan3311]

Thanks Eurosport for these long videos

[@zlatasalihbegovic5292]

Šta ovaj Alkaraz krešgi, unervozila sam se!! Samo da se Novak ne unervozi. Ne daj se Novače!!!!!!!🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@jovanpetrov8824]

Đole ti si ga odvalio a oni neka vide šta će.

[@producerghost142]

Some older analysts said that Alcaraz cant match Novak in 4 or 5 sets. Novak pushed the best out of Alcaraz in first two sets, so high intensity, that he couldn't hold anymore

[@deskdeks2270]

In order for Alcaraz to match Djokovic, he had to give 200% physically and mentally, and Djokovic gave 90%... that's where Alcaraz's cramps come from

[@monaco2379]

The screaming is so ridiculous..sounds like he is f...or at the cr..the atp should forbid this kind of terror...

[@zlatasalihbegovic5292]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@euneadventure3112]

AHHAAHHAHAHHAAH the louder he grunts the more he misses,it was funny to watch honestly xd

[@kenanderkroate]

Sonego is much worst with that

[@markjohnson3196]

Nole 💪 💪 💪 performance

[@raulgarcia2796]

Tramquilo . Pequeño Aprendiz Vamos.

[@vesnanovak8029]

Nole možeš ti to 👍🇷🇸🇲🇪💕

[@codogfg]

What is it with these ‘young’ guys cramping. Musetti and now Alcaraz

[@ValentinG23]

Alcaraz busted his ,,load’’ too quickly while Nole was able to hold it till the end 😅😅😅

[@munja8292]

You can see that this Alcaraz is from Spain. He is immediately hurt when he sees that he cannot win. Same school as Nadal. Poor... Then someone tell me he's better than Djokovic, Alcaraz is a clown...

[@divinespark4842]

From this set only -- and as merely a casual tennis fan -- I deduced this: Alcaraz is now the better player, but Djokovic's experience got him through. Accurate analysis of first set?

[@raulgarcia2796]

Gracias os falta , mucho qué aprender.Pqueño Aprendiz

[@raulgarcia2796]

De los fallos se aprende . Chatin.

[@raulgarcia2796]

Carlos Alcaraz.

[@raulgarcia2796]

Prácticar mas

[@raulgarcia2796]

A casa no sabía que estabas Roto. Mierda.Tramquilo..li dejó 5:05

[@raulgarcia2796]

Una retirada a tiempo,es una Victoria.

[@justabitobanter4944]

Who is here for the Alcaraz choke? 1/9 on break points, couldn't serve it out and lost 5 straight points despite having 3 consecutive set points

[@andressuarez6550]

Se le ha cuestionado al serbio y creo que no le ha gustado, así que hoy intentará ganar con la mayor claridad, para que no queden dudas... Si Alcaraz consigue llevarle al quinto set, en mi opinión, tendrá muchas más probabilidades de llevarse el partido, por físico...

[@nicolagianaroli2024]

uinning at the 5th set against Nole is still cuite an achievement as the Serb is the strongest ever at mental level

[@stefan65878able]

However, it turned out that he was physically ready to match him only for 2 full sets, it is difficult to perform 5 sets at a high pace against the greatest ever, maybe it is possible in 5 sets against Sinner or someone else, but not against Djokovic

[@andressuarez6550]

@@stefan65878able: No estaba jugando mal Alcaraz; No sé qué ha podido pasar, pero no creo que haya fingido la lesión... Dice usted que no está lo suficientemente fuerte para aguantar 5 sets a Djokovic, hoy, desde luego no lo ha estado, pero tampoco he visto al serbio tan dominador... Un saludo...

[@seawater68]

At young age of alcaraz can easily frustrate and loose confident. When he see he can not win he make drama feeling cramp but at that age you can not easily feel cramp because he had intensity of training up to the limit.

[@nofrigginidea3728]

Alcaraz completely blew himself out in the second set

[@vesnanovak8029]

🇷🇸🇲🇪

[@catalinfilipescu4682]

thirst for victory... tennis...what a wonderful sport practiced by so many people but in the atp and wta circuits you rarely see anyone tell the truth about what they really think about their stronger opponent who just beat them...they congratulate each other but really hate each other , a world of pretenders, there is a lot of money at stake and many commercial interests, as they were not in the 70s, 80s and 90s. if I were in Djokovic's place, I would have surrendered the service game immediately after Alcaraz was forced by the rules to do so in order to receive medical care... it would have been a simple and normal gesture of fair play which would have equalized the chances of the two combatants, I am convinced that Nole did not even think of such a thing, being desperate to break all the records, this gesture would have brought him enormous sympathy around the world. I think the only one who would have thought like me would have been Nick, that's why I love him... he's a real man

[@breakcraft4436]

yeah thats why he is 23 grand slam champions and u are jerking off watching him, keet that work

[@julesmulopwe1206]

DJO BRAVO , PAS DE VACCIN DIABOLIQUE !

[@boufidisstavros6498]

bravo KOSOVO....

[@Essopesso123]

Nole objasni mu gdje se telad vezu. Nedaj se Vucino.

[@milanavujicic6854]

Haha, baš igra ko tele.

[@micatrsic8762]

they did everything extra to make Alcaraz win the tournament by developing a new ball that is slower and doesn't bounce as much!! all the media and the ATP and the fans of federer and nadal do everything that the joker doesn't do for 23 grand slam

[@mouradsebki8397]

Le public parisien est à chier, incapable d'apprécier un champion hors norme de 36 ans !!!.

[@robindesbois3797]

Aller Novak...

[@raulgarcia2796]

Tramquilo.Chatin.

[@fantommorbius5175]

No1e : Who wants to be KING !!!?

[@alfonsarp6594]

Alcaraz, Siempre siempre siempre 💙💙🇪🇸💙🇪🇸💙🇪🇸

[@grzehuu07]

Go home alcaraz

[@Rango994]

You're good kid, you're very very good. But till I am here, you are always gonna be second . The Joker.

[@AndrewCahill789]

After watching upto now Alcarez is not good enough at all.

[@Ardrossan77]

😂 really?

[@AndrewCahill789]

@@Ardrossan77 😁 yeah

[@Ardrossan77]

@@AndrewCahill789 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏽

[@AndrewCahill789]

@@Ardrossan77 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦

[@VuqarMmmdAbdulla]

Alkaras, такой молодой но ЗАСЛУЖЕННЫЙ АРТИСТ ИСПАНИИ! Сволочь,как он прикидывался дурачком 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Травму получил? Твою мать останови МАТЧ! Ан нет до конца устроил СЦЕНУ!👎👎👎

[@zoricajovanovic1695]

Upravo tako, a samo je imao grčeve, kako su samo svi ljigavi i odvratni.

[@alexcooper3007]

Какой-то злой рок опять полуфинал и травма...джока откинулся испанец бы скорее всего победил бы в упорной драматичной может и пятисетовой игре но выиграл бы..!

[@marsal7999]

Ja, aber er hat sich verletzt, Novak nicht, also war Novak besser...

[@MagicMiso]

Hätte Hätte Hätte Djokovic Spiel hat ihn zerstört deswegen die Krämpfe außerdem ist ein Krampf keine Verletzung

[@raulgarcia2796]

Que te pasa.Chatin .Sabéis lo bueno estás Aprendiendo . Chatin . Práctica más . piensa que estás 12.

[@pauljohnson6019]

My God Goran looks like a 60 year old, Jesus Christ!😬😮‍💨

[@nikolazobenica6140]

Exspiriens

[@cesardiezsainz4866]

Ruud will win in 4 sets

[@drtash21]

😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!Ruud lost in straight sets.

[@NLLeFa]

Alcaraz is either overrated af or simply can't handle high pressure still at 20.

[@henrybarcazxc]

Yea i know a lot of people who are overrated and lost 3 games this whole year while playing Tsitsipas, Khachanov, Zverev, Fritz, MEDEVEDEV SINNER!!!! HAHAHA you are crazy. Djoko is still the best tennisplayer at the moment so losing against him is no big deal at all he will win a lot after the old gen is gone.

[@milosc__7310]

He looked invincible till now only cause he faced 3 one-handed backhand opponents in a row

[@henrybarcazxc]

Roger Federer was 21 btw when he won his first ever Grand Slam, just imagine someone called him overrated at that moment, that person would be called a clown. 😂

[@joelhaapio3738]

Yeah sure world number 1 is "overrated and cant handle high pressure"

[@Delran888]

Ajde ne seri kvake trolu

[@Mlasse954]

Djocovid was not the right winner all the world knows that! Djocovid going to lose this final against Alcaraz without cramps...like he lost in Wimbledon

[@Blackmind0]

..a fit alcaraz had him blown away, this......had just luck...wtf..

[@markogagic4091]

Luck?? lmao u delusional buddy...

[@sinisasisarica2812]

so you're telling me a 19 year old gets an excuse for not being fit against a 36 year old hahahhahHaa

[@matija5555]

Djokovic GOAT! Cant accept that?

[@sinisasisarica2812]

@@matija5555 imaju malih problema da to prihvate iskreno. sta bi bilo da mu nije bilo zabranjeno da igra pola turnira zadnjih 4 godine, jebala ih vakcina

[@cicadraza3671]

hahah did you watch first set? Fit? Man, the winner of tournament is a man who is mentally and physically strogest. Also, you re talking that 20 yrs old guy is less fit than 36 yrs old GOATkovic?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@reresimone4300]

usual bs by the novaxxer. just to recoup. man is a cheat.

[@markogagic4091]

yup it has to be so annoying that a guy from Serbia is the best and better than all ur favs

[@aaz-wt4js]

You literally have a pic of yourself wearing a mask. Go fuck yourself sheepie

[@Nightopian1982]

Plenty of players leave the court after winning/losing a set, and also take breaks. You don't win 22 GS titles by 'cheating'. Face it. Alcaraz cramped up and that's TS.

[@HauntedOne18]

What was the bs that he did now?

[@markomarkovich677]

@@HauntedOne18 he did nothing, just idiots booing him, the man called a medical timeout since his wrist was bothering him in the 2nd set, the set that he played excellent up until that MTO where he was to lose his serve just after it. But as soon as he called MTO the crowd started to do the booing out of nowhere and for no reason. >>> In the 3rd set, however, when Carlos started to cramp and have issues, nobody let a sound, let alone boo him, even the crickets stopped chirping, while flies stopped buzzing. Since Carlos asked for MTO while he was supposed to serve and not in between games, the rule was to give Novak a game, so while he received the MTO per his request and let Novak win his serve, as soon as Novak started to go to the line preparing for his serve game, guess what? The crowd started to boo yet again, go figure...🤔🤔🤔 Talking about double standards right? But all this is expected from "cultural Europeans and Westerners" since this man is representing South East Europe and a small country of Serbia + being the GOAT just isn't sitting with the Westerners/Rich conglomerates at all. Shattering the two-man G.O.A.T. race between Rafa and Fed for over a decade now, how dares he?!?!

[@coco-jamba]

Djokovic go home

[@miroslavtomic7343]

You wish

[@GatsuKS]

Lol cry

[@miroslavtomic7343]

Wish we can see Alcatraz vs Nole at Wimbledon or burial ground Australian Open 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@simeonunuigboje5656]

​@@miroslavtomic7343 . Funny comments. Australia is the real burial ground 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pedjavukmirovic6770]

He will go home...with a trophy😂😂...fu

[@humorharikon4960]

Novak G.O.A.T. predator !!! Hi is King Kong !!!

[@draganjovanovic4516]

Novak ist am bester Teniser aller Zeiten Alkaraz pumen zeitung und medien vestern politik immer so Alkaraz ist müsste noch lehnen Tenis und ehrliche sport Novak ist König

[@euneadventure3112]

Dragane,nemoj mi opet na tom svedskom pocet pricat