Paris 2024 Olympics: Brutal Carlos Alcaraz crushes Auger-Aliassime to reach final

The 21-year-old second seed is bidding to add the Olympic gold to the French Open and Wimbledon titles he won recently and was in devastating form on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Published : Aug 02, 2024 19:30 IST , PARIS - 1 MIN READ

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in Paris 2024 Olympics semifinal.
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in Paris 2024 Olympics semifinal. | Photo Credit: AP
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Carlos Alcaraz defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime in Paris 2024 Olympics semifinal. | Photo Credit: AP

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz powered into the Olympic singles final with a brutal 6-1, 6-1 thrashing of overwhelmed Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime at Roland Garros on Friday.

The 21-year-old second seed is bidding to add the Olympic gold to the French Open and Wimbledon titles he won recently and was in devastating form on Court Philippe Chatrier.

From the moment Auger-Aliassime double-faulted to hand over an early service break it was one-way traffic a ruthless Alcaraz wrapped up the victory in little more than an hour.

Alcaraz will face either top seed Novak Djokovic or Italian Lorenzo Musetti in Sunday’s gold-medal match.

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They play their semifinal later on Friday.

Auger-Aliassime still has the possibility of taking home two medals as he will contest the bronze medal match in the mixed doubles later alongside Gabriela Dabrowski.

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