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 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.

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 advanced to the Rome Open semifinals after defeating Jack Draper, securing an impressive boost in the ATP rankings just ahead of Roland Garros.

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.

Carlos Alcaraz, not typically an early riser, faced an 11 a.m. local time start in his fourth-round match against Karen The post Carlos Alcaraz Blames Schedule After Edging Karen Khachanov to Reach Italian Open Quarterfinals for 1st Time appeared first on FirstSportz.

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