Carlos Alcaraz paid tribute to Rafael Nadal's French Open footprint plaque before his semifinal win vs. Lorenzo Musetti.

Carlos Alcaraz paid tribute to Rafael Nadal's commemorative plaque at Roland Garros before advancing to the final after Lorenzo Musetti retired hurt. Alcaraz seeks to become the first player since Nadal in 2006 to win consecutive French Open titles.

Carlos Alcaraz paused in a moment of quiet reverence before his French Open semi-final on Friday to take a picture of the permanent footprint tribute to his childhood idol and compatriot Rafael Nadal.

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Few athletes have become more synonymous with a single event than Rafael Nadal and the French Open. The Spaniard won a record 14 titles at the grand slam in his career and Roland Garros gave its champion one final goodbye on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal stepped out into Court Philippe-Chatrier on Sunday to the sort of unending adulation, thunderous applause and chants of his nickname, “Rafa,” that greeted him for years as he accumulated a record 14 French Open championships,

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