Djokovic and Alcaraz ready to serve up French Open feast for the ages

Unstoppable Spaniard’s red-hot form will test the immovable Serb, who has proved as wily as ever in his run to the semis

Carlos Alcaraz arrived in Madrid last May still with plenty to prove. The swiftness with which he joined the elite had already become one of the defining stories of the season, but Alcaraz had still not faced the ultimate test, measuring up against Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic.

By the end of the week, he had ticked both off the list. Alcaraz finished the Madrid Open by becoming the first player to beat Nadal and Djokovic consecutively on clay and he departed with the title.

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