Alcaraz gets the chance to defend his title after roaring back tactically against Musetti, who then succumbed to an injury.

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz reached the French Open final on Friday after Lorenzo Musetti retired from their semifinal early in the fourth set. Alcaraz was leading 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0, 2-0 when the eighth-seeded Italian had to stop playing on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

There things started to get away from Musetti, as Alcaraz hit that gear that he and very few others have, steamrolling the Italian 6-0 to take a 2-1 set lead. Musetti was showing