World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz showed exemplary sportsmanship following his triumph over Lorenzo Musetti in the semifinal of the French Open in Paris on Friday.
Musetti, demonstrating the good form that had allowed him to upset two top-20 players en route to his first major semifinal, took the first set from an uneven Alcaraz, who gritted out a tiebreak to win the second set and even the match. The Spaniard then went into a zone, cruising to a 6-0 victory in the third set, and looked to be on track for a win in the fourth set when Musetti appeared to suffer an injury. Towards the end of the third set, Musetti began to receive treatment on his left thigh. Then, after going down 0-2 in the fourth set, Musetti appeared to motion towards his player's box that he was finished, and tapped on the net, retiring due to injury.
