Carlos Alcaraz drops first set easily against Alexander Zverev in quarter-finals

Carlos Alcaraz is eyeing a spot in the Australian Open semi-finals for the first time as the Wimbledon champion takes on sixth seed Alexander Zverev in the match of the day at Melbourne Park.

Second seed Alcaraz stormed through his fourth-round match in straight-sets, while Zverev was pushed to a fifth-set tie-break against British No 1 Cameron Norrie before prevailing.

They face each other in the second match of the night session, so can be expected around 10am (GMT).

Earlier on Wednesday, third seed Daniil Medvedev beat Polish star Hubert Hurkacz in five titanic sets, 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, to reach the last four.

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In the women’s singles, this half of the draw is wide open.

Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska is two matches away from emulating Emma Raducanu after beating Linda Noskov in straight sets and will face 12th seed Qinwen Zheng of China, after she beat the unseeded Anna Kalinskaya in the first night match.

Carlos Alcaraz  a Spanish professional tennis player.

He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in men’s singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and is the current world No. 2. Alcaraz has won twelve ATP Tour-level singles titles, including two major titles (at the 2022 US Open and 2023 Wimbledon Championships) and four Masters 1000 titles.

Following his win at the 2022 US Open, Alcaraz became the youngest man and the first teenager in the Open Era to top the singles rankings.

CREDITS: Australia Open News.