Alcaraz beats Tsitsipas to set up Sinner semi-final

Image caption, Carlos Alcaraz, who reached the semi-finals last year, is bidding for his first French Open titleCarlos Alcaraz made light work of Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up a tantalising French Open semi-final against incoming world number one Jannik Sinner.

Spanish third seed Alcaraz, 21, won 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 against Greek ninth seed Tsitsipas on the Roland Garros clay.

It was the second year running that Alcaraz had dismantled 2021 runner-up Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals at the Paris major.

The reigning Wimbledon champion has now won all six of his career meetings against Tsitsipas.

Meanwhile, second seed Sinner continued his pursuit of a second straight Grand Slam title by comfortably…