The Spaniard has been inspiring fear and dropping jaws at Roland Garros, and his take-no-prisoner approach faces the ultimate test on Friday in his semi-final clash against Novak Djokovic, who at 36 is hanging on to his dream of claiming a record-breaking 23rd men's Grand Slam title. The two-times French Open champion has been his usual metronomic self on the Parisian clay, where his defence system will come under heavy fire against Alcaraz. While excitement will be at its peak for Alcaraz, who won his maiden Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open last year before missing the Australian Open injured, the Spaniard is fully aware of his opponent's resume. "It's going to be his 45th semi-final in a Grand Slam. "I'm happy to be playing the way I'm playing here in Paris.

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Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Roland Garros, Novak Djokovic, Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Lorenzo Musetti, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alcaraz, Philippe Chatrier, Kharen Kachanov, Casper Ruud, Alexander Zverev, Nadal, I'm, Julien Pretot, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Alcaraz, U.S, Australian, Thomson Locations: men's, Serbian, Italian, Paris