Carlos Alcaraz looks to return to the French Open final when he faces Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti at Roland Garros.
Defending champion Alcaraz increased his winning run at the tournament to 12 matches with the “perfect” performance against Tommy Paul in the quarter-finals.
The 22-year-old Spaniard won his first French Open title when he defeated Alexander Zverev and a blockbuster could await with Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic on the other side of the draw.
Musetti, the eighth seed, will be the underdog as he looks to reach his first grand slam final. The 23-year-old had a brush with some controversy during his quarter-final win over Frances Tiafoe after kicking a ball at a line judge.
This will be the third time Alcaraz and Musetti have met on the clay this season, with Alcaraz winning the Monte Carlo final and beating the Italian in the Rome semi-finals.
Here’s everything you need to know
When is Carlos Alcaraz vs Lorenzo Musetti?
The match will be the first men’s semi-final on Friday 6 June and will start after 1:30pm BST (2:30pm local time).
French Open order of play – Friday 6 June
Court Philippe-Chatrier
From 1:30pm BST
[2] Carlos Alcaraz vs Lorenzo Musetti [8]
Not before 6pm BST
[1] Jannik Sinner vs Novak Djokovic [6]
What happened in the quarter-finals?
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Tommy Paul 6-0 6-1 6-4 in just 94 minutes to return to the French Open semi-finals for the third year in a row and described how it felt to play the “perfect” tennis match by saying: “I could close my eyes and everything went in”.
Almost half of the total points won by Alcaraz were winners, with the Spaniard hitting 40 across the straight-sets win in what was his best display of the tournament so far.
He was interviewed by three-time French Open champion Mats Wilander, who asked Alcaraz how it felt to play the “perfect” match at Roland Garros. “I could close my eyes and everything went in. My feeling today was unbelievable,” Alcaraz told the crowd.
Lorenzo Musetti admitted he was “scared” of being disqualified from the French Open after accidentally kicking a ball at a line judge during this quarter-final win over Frances Tiafoe.
The Italian progressed to his first Roland Garros semi-final after beating Tiafoe in four sets. But the eighth seed had a fortunate escape and risked being defaulted from the tournament after he struck a line judge by volleying the ball with his foot.
Speaking after the match, Tiafoe said the lack of punishment for Musetti was “comical” and the Italian admitted he was “scared” of potentially being thrown out of the tournament.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Lorenzo Musetti head-to-head
2025: Italian Open, semi-final, outdoor clay – Alcaraz wins in two sets
2025: Monte Carlo, final, outdoor clay – Alcaraz wins in three sets
2024: Miami, round of 16, outdoor hard – Alcaraz wins in two sets
2024: Beijing, round of 16, outdoor hard – Alcaraz wins in two sets.
2023: French Open, round of 16, outdoor clay, Alcaraz wins in three sets
2022: Hamburg, final, outdoor clay, Musetti wins in three sets
