Defeating British rival Draper, Alcaraz advanced to the semi-finals of the Rome Masters for the first time

On the 14th local time, Alcaraz, the third seed of Spain, who is competing in the 2025 Rome Tennis Masters, improved his form again in a timely manner, and he defeated British left-handed rival Draper 6:4, 6:4, avenging the loss in Indian Wells in March, and advancing to the men's singles semi-finals of the tournament for the first time.

Spain's third seed, Alcaraz

The men's and women's co-ordination, ATP 1000-point clay Masters, is being played in the Italian capital. Facing the menacing Draper on the center court, Alcaraz overcame the 2:4 deficit at the beginning of the game, broke back one after another, and reversed the set in four games in one go. In the second set, Alcaraz broke each other's opening game, and after Alcaraz stabilized and resolved two break points in the 8th game, he broke through again with 4 consecutive goals in the 9th game, and won the second set in 1 hour and 38 minutes of fierce battle, and also rewrote the battle record to 4 wins and 2 losses.

The 22-year-old Alcaraz reached the last four in his second career Roma attack and won his 28th win of the season and will face Germany's second seed defending champion Zverev against the winner of Italian landlord darling Musetti for the title ticket.