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FRENCH OPEN – PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Alcaraz beats De Jong

Carlos Alcaraz victorious over Jesper De Jong 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Paris on Wednesday. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

The Spaniard added to his prize money € 48,000 after conquering this match. He has already won € 158,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 92,000 to his earnings to get in total € 250,000 in total.

After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and De Jong is 1-0.

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Alcaraz had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Jesper De Jong in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, the Spaniard refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Jesper 3 times in the 3^rd (1-2), in the 7^th (4-3) gamein the 9^th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Dutch was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.

Alcaraz converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 0-40), the 5^th (2-2 30-40), the 7^th (3-3 15-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jesper converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (2-1 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 56 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than the Dutch (34-22). Alcaraz conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the court, the Dutch conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Alcaraz conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

Alcaraz missed the opportunity to break De Jong in the 6^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Alcaraz converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8^th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Jesper was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40).

They played 80 points. The Spaniard won 6 points more than the Dutch (43-37). Carlos conceded 10 points on serve (23-10). On the losing side, De Jong conceded 20 points on serve (27-20).

Jesper in this set was much more effective than Carlos and finally he won 6-2 after breaking the Spaniard in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

There was an important spell in this set when the Dutch won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

Jesper was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5^th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Dutch didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 50 points. De Jong won 8 more points than the Spaniard (29-21). The Dutch surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). On the other side, Carlos conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

Alcaraz was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Jesper De Jong in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Spaniard succeeded in coming back to break De Jong 4 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (4-2) gamein the 8^th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Jesper was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Spaniard converted 80% of his break points (4/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 30-40), the 4^th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6^th (3-2 15-40) and the 8^th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, De Jong was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 40-A) and the 3^rd game (1-1 30-40).

They played 50 points. Alcaraz was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than De Jong (30-20). Alcaraz surrendered 13 points on serve (13-13). on the other side of the court, the Dutch conceded 17 points on serve (7-17).

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