Alcaraz vs. Djoković Prediction on June 9, 2023

Match info

The hope and expectation going into the men’s tennis 2023 French Open draw was that Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djoković would meet in the semifinals and that they’d deliver a knockout blow at Roland-Garros. Well, that’s exactly what we got: the Spaniard and the Serb will meet at Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris on Friday, June 9, at 3 p.m. local time.

Meeting statistics

The current ATP rankings permitted the draw ceremony to have other ideas, despite the eye test suggesting that Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djoković should face off in the 2023 French Open final. These two were drawn into the same half of the bracket, and now, almost two weeks after it was first announced, they’ll face off in the semifinals.

Alcaraz and Djoković have been the two players with the best odds at the best mobile bookmakers to win the title ever since Rafael Nadal withdrew from the competition. And neither player’s performance thus far this week has altered that in any way.

Alcaraz has been especially successful considering the challenging draw he received during the fourth round and quarterfinals. The 20-year-old Spaniard defeated Lorenzo Musetti and Stefanos Tsitsipas after defeating Flavio Cobolli, Taro Daniel, and Denis Shapovalov. Alcaraz has only been dropping one set thus far, by Daniel.

Djoković defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic, Márton Fucsovics, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Juan Pablo Varillas, and Karen Khachanov while dropping just one set in the process. The last-mentioned Russia player won the first set against the Serbian superstar and forced the second to a tiebreaker before losing 6-4, 6-7, 2-6, 4-6 in their quarterfinal matchup on Tuesday.

Alcaraz and Djoković will finally meet for the second time ever as a result of this. They had previously met in the 2022 Madrid Masters semifinals, where the Spaniard won 6-7, 7-5, and 7-6 to claim the title.

The game on Friday has a chance to be just as exciting. Both players should be confident since Alcaraz is the top player on the circuit and has been since the Australian Open, which he missed due to injury, and throughout this French Open. Alcaraz is 35-3 this season. With 22 Grand Slam victories, including two at Roland Garros, Djoković is undoubtedly a dominant force in the sport.

Foremost, Alcaraz triumphed in the final of the last major in which he competed (2022 U.S. Open), so it’s difficult to say whether Djoković’s expertise in the last stages of grand slams will actually matter on Friday. The 36-year-old Serb will ultimately need to improve his level in order to equal and better that of his opponent if he is to go to the final and win a record-breaking 23rd major championship.

In several of his matches over the past two weeks, Djoković has struggled at times and frequently turned to drop shots to get himself out of tight spots. Drop-shots, of course, are by no means a winning strategy when going up against Alcaraz, the finest mover on the tour.

Match analytics

While Djoković had to fight to defeat Khachanov in the quarterfinals, coming back from a set down to win the second in a tie-break, Alcaraz put on a stunning performance to defeat Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Spanish kid is rightfully a big favorite because of that decisive 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 victory over Tsitsipas, who finished second at Roland Garros in 2021, but the outstanding defense of Djoković means it is going to be a topsy-turvy matchup.

We predict that the top seed won’t lose in Paris, not even to Djoković, if he keeps playing like he did against Tsitsipas. So, a correct score of 3-1 in favor of Alcaraz is the bet to place. SpinBetter prepared odds of 4.10 on such an outcome.

Results of the forecast

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