Carlos Alcaraz’s Rome rollercoaster will continue into the semi-finals at the Italian Open with a 6-4 6-4 win over Jack Draper.

Carlos Alcaraz set up a semifinal meeting with Lorenzo Musetti at the Italian Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Jack Draper in the last eight, while women's World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka was knocked out.

Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the semifinals of the Rome Open, but former World No. 4 Tim Henman highlighted a critical flaw in the Spaniard’s game as Roland Garros approaches.

Carlos Alcaraz, 22 years old and currently ranked No. 3 in the world, claimed a double reward with his victory over Britain’s Jack Draper, 23 and world No. 5, in the

Carlos Alcaraz saved two break points early in the third set then dropped his serve later on to waste an early break before improving to 5-0 in his career against the 24th-ranked Karen Khachanov.

Interviewed by the media outlet 'Bolshe', Khachanov confessed that Alcaraz was very tired during their clash: “Yes, it’s about the intensity of the shots, the intensity of the rallies. I made him fight to win those rallies.

Carlos Alcaraz won in straight sets despite a strong challenge from Jack Draper to reach the Italian Open semifinals, and Coco Gauff extended her unbeaten streak against Mirra Andreeva to also advance to the last four at the clay-court tournament Wednesday.

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Karen Khachanov to advance at the Rome Open, but he made it clear that the match tested his physical limits.

Champion Alexander Zverev and world number one Aryna Sabalenka fell by the wayside in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open on Wednesday, while Carlos Alcaraz beat Briton's Jack Draper 6-4 6-4 to reach the last four for the first time at the claycourt event.