World no. 3 Carlos Alcaraz will play in his first quarter-final at the Rome Masters. The young Spaniard faced Karen Khachanov in the fourth round and prevailed 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in two hours and 28 minutes.

He beat Karen Khachanov 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to set up a clash in the last eight with fifth seed Jack Draper. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Carlos Alcaraz overcame a tough challenge from Karen Khachanov to reach the Italian Open quarterfinals, setting up a rematch with Jack Draper. In a notable women's quarterfinal, Jasmine Paolini rallied to become the first Italian woman to reach the semifinals in Rome since 2014.

Being world number 2 would give Carlos the certainty of not being able to face his top rival Jannik Sinner at Roland Garros before the final. The Spaniard and the Italian had faced each other in the semifinals in Paris last year, with Alcaraz prevailing in five sets.

The 22-year-old Spaniard just reached the quarterfinals in Rome, which was the only one missing in his collection.

Carlos Alcaraz is a four-time Grand Slam champion but despite that, he has faced harsh criticism because when he failed The post Milos Raonic Reveals the ‘Dumbest’ Thing He Has Heard About Carlos Alcaraz appeared first on FirstSportz.

Carlos Alcaraz joined his idol Rafael Nadal on the elite list after earning a hard-fought win over Karen Khachanov to storm to the quarter-finals at the 2025 Italian Open. Alcaraz has now reached the quarter-finals at all nine Masters 1000 tournaments.

Mirra Andreeva enjoyed a perfect Sunday evening in Rome as the first beat Linda Noskova to progress into the round-of-16 and then got a chance to spend some time with none other than Carlos Alcaraz. In the Rome third round, the Russian tennis star beat tricky Linda Noskova 6-1 7-5 to set up a meeting against Clara Tauson.