Carlos Alcaraz’s Rome rollercoaster will continue into the semi-finals at the Italian Open with a 6-4 6-4 win over Jack Draper.

Celebrating Carlitos, who turns 22 today, with some help from his peers.

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.

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"I'm ready for the Jack clash - I'm looking forward to playing against him. His recent results show that he is one of the world's best players. I want to get my revenge for the Indian Wells defeat, and I will try to prepare better.

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.

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.

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.

Emma Raducanu was dumped out of the Italian Open on Monday after a two-set hammering at the hands of Coco Gauff. But British hopes for a title in Rome do not end there, as Jack Draper is still fighting on in the men's draw ahead of his round-of-16 meeting with Corentin Moutet.

World No. 5 Jack Draper was eliminated by Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals of the Rome Open and left a striking message in the aftermath.