Teenager Carlos Alcaraz wins an epic against Jannik Sinner to make his first slam semifinal

Teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz has booked his place in the US Open semifinals after an epic five-setter against Jannik Sinner.

Sep 8, 2022 - 10:01
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Teenager Carlos Alcaraz wins an epic against Jannik Sinner to make his first slam semifinal

19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz eventually saw off Jannik Sinner in the second-longest match of US Open tennis history.

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Spaniard Alcaraz saved a match point en route to victory in what will surely go down as one of the greatest matches in the history of the competition.

Tennis from another planet. VIDEO: @tiempodetenis1 / Twitter.

It was also sweet revenge for Alcaraz, who lost to Sinner at the quarterfinal stage of Wimbledon this year. Sinner and Alcaraz were the two youngest players remaining at Wimbledon and also this year’s US Open.

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Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz reacts after a point during his 2022 US Open Tennis tournament men’s singles quarter-final match against Italy’s Jannik Sinner at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on September 7, 2022. (Photo by Corey Sipkin / AFP)

Alcaraz will face Frances Tiafoe in Friday night’s semifinal.