Carlos Alcaraz beats Holger Rune to reach his first Wimbledon semi-final

12.07.2023 - 18:43 thenationalnews.com

Carlos Alcaraz beat fellow young gun and childhood friend Holger Rune to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time.

World No 1 Alcaraz and sixth seed Rune played doubles together when they were 14 and now the duo were the first men under 21 to face each other in a Wimbledon quarter-final in the open era.

It was the first time they had met at a grand slam, the start of a rivalry that could last for 10 or 15 years, and it was the Spaniard who came out top with a 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory on Centre Court.

Just six days separate the pair – Rune being the older – and as they headed into a first-set tiebreak there was virtually nothing to choose between them either.

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