Rome – Rome (AP) – Carlos Alcaraz It was made to work for a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 victory over Karen Khachanov that earned him a place in the Italian open Finals on Tuesday.
Alcaraz saved two rest points at the beginning of the third set and then fell his service later to lose a break early before improving 5-0 in his career against the 24th Khachanov.
“He was physically fighting a little,” said Alcaraz. “There is no pain anywhere in the body. I was tired. I had to run a lot. I was really proud of the way it fought (for) every ball.”
The third Alcaraz ranking wore a long black orthopedic device that covered the upper portion of its right leg and stretched just under its knee.
Alcaraz withdrew from Madrid open last month due to a ailment of the upper leg that bothered him during the Open Barcelona End. He also had a left leg injury.
Alcaraz, who won the Monte Carlo Masters In April, he improved 12-1 in clay this season. The four-time Grand Slam champion will face No. 5 Jack Draper, who recovered beyond Corentin Moutet 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 on the red clay courts of the Italical Forum.
While Alcaraz has a 3-2 advantage over Draper, The British player won his most recent meeting In the semifinals of Indian Wells, California, in March.
Alcaraz is playing the Italy open for the second time. During the Spanish debut last year, he lost to the Hungarian qualifier of then number 135 Fabian Marozsan in the third round while dealing with a problem of the annoying right forearm.
But Alcaraz then won consecutive Grand Slam titles at the France and Wimbledon Open.
Later in the other half of the draw, First level jannik synner He had to play No. 18 Francisco Cerundolo in the biggest test so far. His return from a three -month doping ban.
Rome is the last great warming tournament before the France Open begins on May 25.
In the quarterfinals female later, the favorite of the house, Jasmine Paolini, played Diana Shnaider and the two -time Rome champion, Elina Svitolina, played Peyton Stearns.
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