Carlos Alakraj put a powerful performance in the semi-finals of the Italian Open on Wednesday, 6-4, 6-4 to a powerful performance to lower the jack draper. The third seed Alakraj will face Rome Champion Alexander Zerev and one of the home Hope Lorenzo Musetty, which is the final pair of the day in the center court in the final four in Fouro Italico. His impressive victory over Draper kept his opportunities for the third title of the season and took him to number two in the world rankings behind the Jannik Sinner.
Spaniard also achieved a top-two seeding at the French Open, which begins later this month, but meanwhile the four-time Grand Slam winner continued his bid for the crown of Rome.
Alkaraz had to do his best under the fifth seed draper, who performed another strong performance on Clay in Italy after losing the Madrid Open Final for Casper Rud.
Draper was trying to become the first British man to reach the last four in the Italian capital since 2016, when Andy Murray was beaten by Novak Djokovic in the final.
But he lost control of the first set when he broke him twice after taking a two-game lead, who took the lead in the match.
And Alakraj ensured the victory by saving two brake points in the 10-minute game of the second set, before the Draper was loving the set to move forward 5-4 in the set and then serve the match for the first time to ask.
In the attempt of Rud in Madrid and Rome double, Jom Munar with seven from the world’s number is 6-3, 6-4 after winning his postponed match with a mass-shaped hurdle.
The sixth seeded Rud was to play on Tuesday, but a day in the afternoon forced his match to go back one day, and he achieved a quarter-final date with Sinner.
“It was a bit hard, you are waiting for the whole day to try to play and you don’t meet … I am proud of the way I handled it.” Rud said, who has won more matches on clay than any other player on men’s visit in the last five years.
“Tomorrow will be one of the most difficult matches of the year, perhaps. I felt very bad by Jenic in Turin (in ATP final) last time … Let’s see, he looks good since the first match.”
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