France, June 6 -- Second seed and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz moved into the French Open final on Friday after Lorenzo Musetti retired in the fourth set of their semi-final on centre court.

Alcaraz was leading 2-0 when the 23-year-old Italian threw in the towel.

"It's never easy to win like this," Alcaraz told on-court interviewer Lucas Pouille.

"He has had an incredible clay court season and is one of the few players who've achieved at least semi-finals in the biggest tournaments on clay.

"I wish him all the best for the recovery. I am sure he will be back pretty soon."First semi-final

Musetti, playing in his first semi-final at the French Open, kept pace with Alcaraz and, leading 5-4, profited from a couple of wayward forehan...