Carlos Alcaraz gained revenge over Jack Draper to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open in straight sets on Wednesday. (More Tennis News)
Alcaraz, who was beaten by the Brit in their Indian Wells semi-final in March, battled to a 6-4 6-4 victory in an intriguing one-hour and 37-minute encounter.
Having struggled at the start of his previous two matches, Alcaraz opened with confident holds of serve before Draper broke his resolve in the sixth game.
Alcaraz, however, dusted himself down and reeled off the next four games to take the opening set, but he did have to save two break points before sealing the early advantage.
The Spaniard바카라 웹사이트seemed set for a quick win when he took his third break point out of three to win the first game of the second set, with a backhand volley winner.
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Earlier in the day, sixth seed바카라 웹사이트Casper Ruud booked his place in the quarter-finals after comfortably beating Jaume Munar in straight sets.바카라 웹사이트
Ruud, who won his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title earlier this month at the Madrid Open against Draper, emerged a 6-3 6-4 victor.바카라 웹사이트
The Norwegian has reached a fourth men's singles quarter-final at the Italian Open, equalling Mats Wilander for the most of any Scandinavian player in the Open Era.바카라 웹사이트
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Not only was his win over Draper keeping him on track for a second Masters 1000 title this season, but the win also moved Alcaraz up to second in the ATP rankings.바카라 웹사이트
With his Tour-leading 28th win of 2025, Alcaraz will face either Alexander Zverev or home hope바카라 웹사이트Lorenzo Musetti for a place in the final.바카라 웹사이트
Alcaraz has reached바카라 웹사이트an 11th ATP Masters 1000 semi-final, surpassing Jannik Sinner (10) for the outright-most of any player born since 2000.
Since the ATP rankings were first published in 1973, Alcaraz (65.6%) only trails Bjorn Borg (73.8%) for바카라 웹사이트win rate against ATP top five opponents바카라 웹사이트(minimum 10 matches).바카라 웹사이트
