2 seed Daniil Medvedev lost in the first round. The Djokovic-Alcaraz semifinal will produce the clear favorite for Sunday’s final given left-handed 14-time French Open champion Nadal is out this year with a hip injury and No. Open became the first male teen to win a major since Rafael Nadal in 2005, is at this event the youngest man to be the top seed at a major since Boris Becker at 1987 Wimbledon. I always say that if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best.”įRENCH OPEN DRAWS: Women | Men | Broadcast ScheduleĪlcaraz, who at last year’s U.S. “I really wanted to play this match as well. “This match, everyone wants to watch,” Alcaraz said. Later Tuesday, top seed Alcaraz crushed fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (5) to consolidate his status as the favorite in Friday’s showdown. The Serb reached his 45th career major semifinal, one shy of Roger Federer‘s men’s record. Favorite us! Follow Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will play in the French Open semifinals on Friday in the most anticipated match of the tournament.Įach man advanced with a quarterfinal win on Tuesday.ĭjokovic, eyeing a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam men’s singles title, rallied past 11th-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov 4-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-4. earned three medals - Bacon‘s silver in the 1m springboard (not an Olympic event), Schnell and Katrina Young‘s silver in the women’s synchro platform and Schnell and Carson Tyler‘s bronze in the mixed synchro platform (not an Olympic event). Max Flory grabbed the second individual platform spot for worlds.Īt last year’s worlds, the U.S. In men’s platform, Olympian Brandon Loschiavo won national titles individually and with Jordan Rzepka in synchro to make the world team in both events. Downs and Greg Duncan won the synchro springboard.

Capobianco won the national title on the 3m springboard and is joined on the world team in the event by fellow Olympian Tyler Downs. Palmer, who was out for much of 2022 after hip surgery, did make the world team in the mixed-gender synchro springboard, which is not on the Olympic program.īacon and Kassidy Cook won the national title in the synchro springboard for the world team spot in that event.įor the men, Capobianco was the lone Olympic medalist competing at nationals, having taken silver in Tokyo in synchro springboard with Michael Hixon. woman to win an individual Olympic diving medal since 2000. In Tokyo, Palmer took springboard bronze to become the first U.S. Hernandez, ninth in the Tokyo Olympic springboard, edged out Krysta Palmer for the second world team spot by 5.5 points after 600 points worth of dives. Bacon took silver at the last two worlds on the 1m springboard, which is not an Olympic event. On the 3m springboard, Sarah Bacon and Hailey Hernandez fill the two world team spots. diver to make an Olympic team, USA Diving believes. Next year, Agunbiade or Hayden could become the first Black U.S. Last year, Kristen Hayden became the first Black diver to compete for the U.S. Schnell is joined on the world team in the individual platform by Nike Agunbiade, coming off her senior season at USC. Olympic or world medal in the event since 2005. The 24-year-old was fifth at the Olympics and earned bronze at the 2019 World Championships, the lone U.S. Schnell also won the individual platform at nationals in Morgantown, West Virginia. This year, they are competing together for the first time since taking silver in Tokyo, the best U.S. Schnell and Parratto won the national title in the synchronized platform. roster for July’s world diving championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

Olympic silver medalists Delaney Schnell, Jessica Parratto and Andrew Capobianco headline the U.S.

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