Madrid Open: Carlos Alcaraz sails through to quarter-finals but Daniil Medvedev beaten

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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz cruised past Alexander Zverev to scope the Madrid Open quarter-finals but Daniil Medvedev fell to a daze defeat.

Top effect Alcaraz dominated passim against Zverev, who helium defeated successful past year's final, successful a 6-1 6-2 victory.

The 19-year-old Spaniard volition look Karen Khachanov successful the past 8 aft helium bushed 5th effect Andrey Rublev.

Medvedev, seeded second, complained astir the assemblage successful a 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 nonaccomplishment to chap Russian Aslan Karatsev.

The satellite fig 3 returned to his seat due to the fact that of booing from the assemblage during the first-set tie-break earlier the seat umpire was capable to promote him to instrumentality to the court.

He besides claimed determination was a deficiency of abstraction down the baseline connected Arantxa Sanchez Stadium arsenic helium was knocked retired by his 121st-ranked compatriot.

US Open champion Alcaraz is bidding to triumph back-to-back titles pursuing occurrence successful Barcelona 2 weeks ago, and leads the circuit successful clay tribunal wins this play - with this his 16th.

The location favourite took conscionable 83 minutes to disregard Zverev, who continues to effort to rediscover his signifier pursuing a superior ankle wounded sustained during past year's French Open.

"For maine it's astonishing to play the level that I played today," said Alcaraz, who has mislaid conscionable doubly successful 28 matches successful 2023.

"It has been a question people for me. I played well, I consciousness truly bully and this lucifer gives maine a batch of confidence.

"I conscionable privation to bask playing present successful the Caja Magica successful beforehand of my location crowd. It's been astonishing for maine truthful I conscionable bask each moment."

Russian 10th effect Khachanov awaits Alcaraz aft beating in-form compatriot Rublev 7-6 (10-8) 6-4.

In the women's draw, Belarusian 2nd effect Aryna Sabalenka recovered from an aboriginal scare arsenic she came backmost from a acceptable down against unseeded Egyptian Mayar Sherifin to prevail 2-6 6-2 6-1 and unafraid her semi-final place.

Greek ninth effect Maria Sakkari meets Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu later, earlier satellite fig 1 Iga Swiatek and 3rd effect Jessica Pegula effort to advancement from their respective last-eight matches connected Wednesday.

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