Jack Draper through Qatar Open semifinals after defeating Matteo Berrettini as Carlos Alcaraz hits | Tennis news

Jack Draper is in the semifinals of The Qatar Open after a 4-6 6-4 6-3 return against Matteo Berrettini in Italy, the same day the leading seed Carlos Alcaraz was hit.

Berrettini, who defeated Novak Djokovic earlier in the tournament, confidently claimed the original set against Draper in Doha, but failed to do the job in the second.

Instead, Draper remained in the race before playing his best tennis in the third set deciding to fasten the victory.

The British will then face Jiri Lehecka for a place in the final, after the Czech Alcaraz surprise in their quarter -finals.

The winner of Friday’s semifinal between Draper and Lehecka – Live in Sky Sports – He will face either the fifth seed of Andrey Rublev or the invisible Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final.

Alcaraz surprised Lehecka in the quarter -finals

Top Alcaraz lost a second time this year when 25th place Lehecka Hit it 6-3 3-6 6-4.

Alcaraz’s only other defeat in 2025 was Djokovic in the Australian Open quarter -finals. The 21 -year -old Spaniard ranked the world No. 3, won Rotterdam open earlier this month.

Lehecka, 23, said: “The match was above and under the beginning. So, for me to win such a fight against such a player is a super great achievement. I believed in myself. I knew I had the level of producing This kind of tennis.

“I wasn’t back. I wanted to push him to his limits. The way I trusted my game was the key.”

Previously, Rublef He saved a race point and needed eight of his own to subdue the second seed Alex de Minaur 6-1 3-6 7-6 (10-8).

RUBLEV is now in its fourth semifinal in Doha, where it won the title in 2020 and then faces Canada Auger-aliassimewho defeated Daniil Medvedev when the Russian retired after the loss of the first set 6-3.

“Unfortunately, I had food poisoning. Very disappointed to finish my run here in Doha like this, as I feel like playing well,” Medvedev said.

Auger-Aliassime told the court that he thought that Medvedev was playing normally until he retired.

“And then I broke, I kept my service and as soon as he told the referee that he didn’t want to move our hands because he was sick, I hope that is nothing very bad, I was surprised,” the Canadian said.

Andreeva Dumps Swiatek out in straight set to walk in Dubai Semis

An inspirational Mirra Andreeva defeated the world No. 2 Iga Swikek in her career with a dominant 6-3 6-3 victory, as the Russian 17-year-old moved to the semifinals of the Dubai Free Duties Championship.

With her victory, the 12th seed Andreeva goes to the first WTA 1000 semifinal of her career, while Swiatek became another top seed to get out of the tournament after the world no. 1 Aryna Sabalenka was struck on Wednesday.

Andreeva is also the youngest semifinal in Dubai since the tournament was first held in 2001 – a significant improvement since its last visit when it was hit in the first round last year.

“Honestly, I was really nervous before the race and we played at Cincinnati last year (where Swiatek won the quarterly match) and it was quite intense,” Andreeva said.

“So I just told myself that I played great and just have to continue playing aggressively and going for my plans. It was also not easy with all fans (supporting it), but I think we were still. I had a lot of people that support me. “

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