Novak Djokovic advances to the final after Carlos Alcaraz lost his ability to chase in the semifinals at Roland Garros.
As Alcaraz stood and limped and wobbled around the doubles lane to the left of where he had played the previous game, the 36-year-old Djokovic walked across to check on him. They stood together momentarily, during which Djokovic learned that cramping was the problem, until Alcaraz sat down. Once he sat down and got treatment rather than serving the next game at a juncture of the set with an even number of games played, thus no changeover, he forfeited a game by rule.
As Alcaraz got up and Djokovic prepared to serve, the crowd, ignorant of the rule, booed the score change, and the chair umpire spoke protractedly to gain quiet.The rest of the match looked different. Points, so enthralling in their length and power through the first two sets, got staccato. Alcaraz still could blast his groundstrokes if the ball came near him, but he lost his capacity to chase, and Alcaraz without his chase isn’t Alcaraz.
“It’s tough, not knowing whether he should retire the match or finish as he did,” Djokovic said, then congratulated Alcaraz on his fight. When Alcaraz finally did claim a game serving at 0-5 in the fourth set, the crowd gave an appreciative cheer. Alcaraz, who stirred up a sensation when he
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