French Open 2025 Day Ten Recap

Day Ten at Roland Garros noticed the primary two males’s semi-final spots claimed, and neither match went the gap.

Lorenzo Musetti continued his dream clay season with a composed four-set win over Frances Tiafoe, seizing the important thing moments late within the third earlier than powering by way of the fourth to succeed in his first Grand Slam semi-final.

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Carlos Alcaraz adopted that up with a ruthless demolition of Tommy Paul, dropping simply 5 video games in 94 minutes in a one-sided encounter. The Spaniard was locked in from the beginning, and with Paul hampered by harm, there was solely ever going to be one consequence.

Alcaraz and Musetti will now face off in Friday’s semi-final in a battle between two of the tour’s most trendy shotmakers. Right here’s an entire look again at how Day Ten unfolded.

Day Ten French Open 2025 Quarter Remaining Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Lorenzo Musetti (8)
Frances Tiafoe (15)
6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2

Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Tommy Paul (12)
6-0 6-1 6-4

Lorenzo Musetti (8) def Frances Tiafoe (15) 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-2

Lorenzo Musetti’s distinctive 2025 clay season continued on Tuesday because the 23-year-old Italian secured his first semi-final berth at Roland Garros with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Frances Tiafoe.

The Italian was a giant betting favorite heading in as he’s the stronger clay courter and made not less than the semi-finals in any respect three clay Masters 1000 tournaments this spring.

Tiafoe, alternatively, is extra at residence on hardcourts, and though he has performed effectively in Paris, he’s had a fairly type draw to get into the final eight.

As anticipated, Musetti began effectively, however he did get into hassle, dropping the second set and having to rally from 5-5, 15/30 to carry serve and break Tiafoe to grab management within the third. He then dominated the fourth set, successful 81% (61/75) of his first-serve factors through the match and solely dropping serve as soon as.

I don’t suppose it was Musetti’s finest match of the fortnight to date, however he performed solidly sufficient, and Tiafoe appeared to be drained in direction of the tip, as within the third, he stopped transferring.

I additionally thought the American regarded a bit lackadaisical in components. I do know he’s hardly considered a grasp tactician or somebody who stays locked in for the period, however he appeared fairly adverse on the market.

The third set was decisive. Frances didn’t begin as he needed, I believe, however in the present day was sophisticated to play effectively. It was so windy and difficult to handle the balls correctly. Particularly the third set was a combat and it was not simple to make a break. I used to be just a little bit drained and it was robust for me to remain there, however I discovered the additional vitality to win the [third] set, and the final set was positively my finest set of the match. Musetti on his win.

Lastly, there was a second when Musetti kicked a ball that hit the road choose on the chest and obtained a warning for it. Is it a default? In the event you examine that with Djokovic’s default on the US Open just a few years again, then there’s little or no distinction…

Match Stats

Lorenzo Musetti
Frances Tiafoe

Winners
45
33

Unforced Errors
32
51

Aces
8
4

Double Faults
3
0

1st Serve %
70% (75/107)
61% (69/114)

1st Serve Factors Received
81% (61/75)
65% (45/69)

2nd Serve Factors Received
50% (16/32)
51% (23/45)

Break Factors Saved
67% (2/3)
55% (6/11)

Service Video games
95% (18/19)
74% (14/19)

1st Return Factors Received
35% (24/69)
19% (14/75)

2nd Return Factors Received
49% (22/45)
50% (16/32)

Break Factors Received
45% (5/11)
33% (1/3)

Return Video games
26% (5/19)
5% (1/19)

Stress Factors
50% (7/14)
50% (7/14)

Service Factors
72% (77/107)
60% (68/114)

Return Factors
40% (46/114)
28% (30/107)

Web Factors
63% (15/24)
53% (19/36)

Whole Factors
56% (123/221)
44% (98/221)

Match Factors Saved
0
2

Max Factors In A Row
7
5

Whole Video games
61% (23/38)
39% (15/38)

Max Video games In A Row
5
3

Highlights

Carlos Alcaraz (2) def. Tommy Paul (12) 6-0 6-1 6-4

Carlos Alcaraz had a brief night’s work on Courtroom Phillipe Chatrier, overpowering Tommy Paul 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 to succeed in the semi-finals for the third straight yr.

Matches between the pair are sometimes close-run affairs, however Paul was not on the races tonight as an stomach harm hampered him and he couldn’t discover his rhythm, hitting simply 13 winners all through.

Alcaraz, alternatively, was on high type, firing 32 winners and successful 88% behind his first serve. It’s not simple to play towards an opponent who isn’t working at their standard degree, however reasonably than let Paul into the match, Alcaraz performed ruthlessly all through, finishing his win in simply 94 minutes, which units him up properly for the semi-final towards Musetti on Friday.

I might shut my eyes and every part went in. My feeling in the present day was unbelievable. I used to be attempting to hit each shot at 100 per cent, not enthusiastic about the rest, however simply hitting. Immediately was a kind of matches when every part simply went in. Alcaraz on his win.