Italian Open, Jack Draper and Carlos Alcaraz
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Carlos Alcaraz once again overcame Jack Draper to advance to the semifinals of the Rome Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory. The Spaniard recovered from an early setback and accelerated at crucial moments to reach his 11th Masters 1000 semifinal.
Coco Gauff played aggressively throughout to advance to the last four at the clay-court tournament for the third time.
"I'm ready for the Jack clash - I'm looking forward to playing against him. His recent results show that he is one of the world's best players. I want to get my revenge for the Indian Wells defeat, and I will try to prepare better.
It is crunch time at the Italian Open, and Carlos Alcaraz is its focal point. The Spaniard is in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters for the first time in his career.
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Jack Draper will look to conquer Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open after defeating Corentin Moutet in three sets; match is due to start at 2pm on Wednesday; watch all the action from the Italian Open on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+,
Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Draper embraced a top-5 battle in the quarter-final at the Rome Masters. Carlos bested his good friend 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 37 minutes for his first semi-final at Foro Italico.
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Top-ranked Jannik Sinner passed a big test in his return from a three-month doping ban by beating accomplished clay-court player Francisco Cerundolo 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals.
In the women's draw, Coco Gauff will be hoping to follow up her thumping win over Raducanu by beating Mirra Andreeva, while Aryna Sabalenka faces a similarly tricky test against Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen.
Carlos Moya, former world No. 1 and longtime coach of Rafael Nadal, has offered a measured and insightful response to Carlos Alcaraz’s bold declarations in his recent Netflix documentary, where the young Spaniard stated his ambition to become one of the greatest tennis players in history.
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Tennis World on MSNCarlos Alcaraz is really close to huge goal ahead of Roland GarrosBeing world number 2 would give Carlos the certainty of not being able to face his top rival Jannik Sinner at Roland Garros before the final. The Spaniard and the Italian had faced each other in the semifinals in Paris last year, with Alcaraz prevailing in five sets.