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The first point of the match is for Alcaraz: 0-15

Lorenzo Musetti starts on serve.

A handicap, I don't know. In any case, the one-handed backhand is becoming an anomaly. It requires more preparation than two-handed, and is less and less compatible with increasingly fast tennis, with increasingly powerful shots. Especially on the opponent's serve, against which it is easier to return with two hands, simply by putting the racket in opposition. It is no coincidence that players with a one-handed backhand are increasingly becoming an endangered species. There are fewer than ten of them among the top hundred in the ATP rankings to do so. But damn! When it works, how beautiful it is!

No precipitation is forecast at the moment, but the sky is overcast. As a precaution, organizers have raised the roof of the Philippe-Chatrier court.

As for the stands, not all the seats are filled yet, but they are slowly filling up.

World number one Jannik Sinner made his return after a three-month doping ban at the Rome tournament. Jérôme Porier explains everything here:

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Mouna sees Alcaraz win in four sets, as does Louise (our luxury linesman). Only Nicolas, but he's the oldest, sees Musetti triumph in four sets. And avenge the French team, defeated yesterday in Stuttgart...

And you, what is your prediction?

For those who still doubt it, here's a small selection of Lorenzo Musetti's finest one-handed backhands on the ATP Tour—hotshots. In the video, Norwegian Casper Ruud is enjoying the treat.

Hello dear Musetti fan, I would like to tell you that it is 50-50, but professional honesty obliges me to say that it is more 60-40, or even 70-30 for the Spaniard, the prince of clay.

It must also be acknowledged that "carlitos" has a fairly wide range of shots in his game, which clearly distinguishes him from another Italian, world number one Jannick Sinner, whose style is as cold as it is robotic.

In short, let's be neutral: Vamos Lorenzo!

It's hard to say for this next edition, which will be the first in this format with 32 clubs. But previous editions, with seven clubs, were indeed lacking in sporting interest. Out of 20 editions, 16 have been won by a European club :(. If we add that it comes at the end of an already well-stocked season...

Let me tell you, the editorial team is divided on this match. There are roughly as many Alcaraz fans—the young ones—as Musetti supporters—the aesthetes. A repository of the beautiful game, the Italian, described as an artist on the tour, has the advantage of executing one-handed backhands, the most aesthetic move in tennis. Here's what the 23-year-old Italian told our colleagues at L'Equipe :

"I started playing tennis at the age of 4, and that backhand came naturally to me. No one taught it to me. I didn't realize it was special."

Lorenzo Musetti confides that, in his youth, he "looked a lot at other players who had a one-handed backhand" , like the Swiss Roger Federer, the "master". "I was fascinated by his ease, his elegance, this aesthetic side".

The Italian is also a master in this field. Didn't he respond to Alizé Cornet, who asked him about the beauty of his backhand: "We Italians are elegant." So you either love it or you hate it. But Musetti has the most beautiful backhand on the tour (along with Wawrinka's). Even world number one Jannick Sinner, who knows a thing or two about Italian elegance, agrees: "Lorenzo has a more beautiful game than mine."

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The first duel of the day on the Philippe-Chatrier court will pit two young talents from the world of tennis against each other, both of whom already have well-stocked careers.

Carlos Alcaraz has confirmed his status as the leader on clay. At 22, the young Spanish prodigy currently ranks second in the world and is brilliantly defending his title at Roland Garros. Already crowned champions this season in Monte Carlo and Rome, he has racked up an impressive series of victories this season on clay.

Dedicated and consistently intense, the highly versatile Carlos Alcaraz has so far played without a hitch in this Parisian tournament. Round after round, he has swept aside Giulio Zeppieri, Fabian Marozsan, Damir Dzumhur, Ben Shelton, and then Tommy Paul.

Meanwhile, 23-year-old Lorenzo Musetti has reached the semifinals at Roland Garros for the first time in his career. A bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Games, the world number 7 is distinguished by a fluid one-handed backhand and a lovely ability to vary his shots thanks to a silky touch.

He notably eliminated the Danish Holger Rune, world number 10, then the American Frances Tiafoe ( ^16th ). If the confrontations against Carlos Alcaraz often ended in defeat (5-1), he beat him once, in the final of the ATP 500 in Hamburg in 2022. It was also on clay…

At stake? A place in the final and the privilege of facing Jannik Sinner or Novak Djokovic for a Grand Slam title.

Technically, Seb, that's 700,000 euros for 11 days. But Loïs Boisson started her tennis " higher education " at the age of eight, so that's a bit of a doctorate for her, right? Not to mention that her career is shorter!

We take this opportunity to greet all those who study or teach!

Indeed, and we start with a delicious match from this point of view: the very versatile Carlos Alcaraz, always with a smile on his face on the court, faces the "artist" Lorenzo Musetti, who has a great sense of the beautiful game. It's going to be wonderful!

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And thank you for your loyalty. 13 days a year, you're the ones who give us a Grand Slam!

Dear readers, big fans of the little yellow ball, you're going to tell us that you certainly didn't even ask yourself the question. That's the whole point of this short video by Emilie Duhamel and Olivier Escher, who take you through the intricacies of prize money and the distribution of points on the professional tennis tours. You'll understand how Loïs Boisson will receive nearly 700,000 euros for her participation in the tournament (singles and doubles) and why she will gain nearly 300 places in the WTA rankings, for example. Or how Lorenzo Musetti can enter the top 5 if he beats Carlos Alcaraz this afternoon.

Hello Lois, come back! No, and indeed, these aren't really the norms in tennis - unlike football and some combat sports - except during the Olympic tournament. But your message got through!