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Stefanos Tsitsipas says his French Open quarter-final with Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday will “ignite my internal flame”.
Third seed Alcaraz beat Tsitsipas in straight sets in the quarter-finals at Roland Garros 12 months ago.
The Greek ninth seed has lost all of his previous five meetings with two-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz.
“My goal is to make the match challenging for him,” Tsitsipas told the ATP Tour website., external
“Playing against Carlos will ignite my internal flame. I want to go out and show everyone what I’ve achieved.”
The pair will meet in the night session at Roland Garros from 19:15 BST.
Tsitsipas is searching for his first Grand Slam title, having lost to Novak Djokovic in the finals of the French Open and Australian Open in 2021 and 2023 respectively.
Alcaraz is targeting his first French Open crown, having won the US Open in 2022 and Wimbledon last summer.
The winner will meet either Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner or 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the semi-finals.
Tuesday’s quarter-final will be Sinner’s first appearance in the last eight since 2020.
His opponent Dimitrov is currently on his best run in Paris and, like Sinner, is bidding for a first Roland Garros semi-final appearance.
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