“In quarterfinals, Carlos Alaras will play with Jack Draper”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
Two days after the brilliant victory over Holger, Rune Korrenen Mota had a chance to beat the tennis player for the first time and for the second time in his career-a player from the top 10. However, the Frenchman, who experienced problems with the thigh in the end of the meeting, failed to cope with the British despite the perfectly held first set.
Since October last year, Draper has won 26 out of 29 matches against tennis players outside the TOP-10. Thanks to this victory, he became the fifth British in the history of the open era, who reached the quarterfinals in Rome.
In a parallel match the third is sown in the tournament Carlos Alaras spent the unstable fourth round match, but this was enough to win the “neutral” Karen Khachanov – 6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 5.
Having spent 2 hours and 29 minutes on the court, Alaras came out to the quarterfinals in Rome for the first time in his career. Thus, Carlitos now got this stage at all nine Masters series tournaments.
Now on the account of Alaras 26 victories and 5 defeats in the 2025 season, including 12: 1 result on soil covering.
In the quarterfinals, Carlos Alaras will play with Jack Draper, who won in their last meeting in the semifinals of the Indian-Wells (6: 1, 0: 6, 6: 4).
In their personal confrontation, the Spaniard conducts 3: 2.
Heavyweight Contest! 🔥 @carlosalcazaz @jackdraper0 #ibi25 pic.twitter.com/yuqyz9hput
– tennis tv (@tennistv) May 13, 2025