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Spain's Carlos Alcaraz will break into the world's top 10 rankings for the first time on Monday after the teenager defeated top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals of the claycourt tournament in Barcelona.
Carlos Alcaraz continued his climb up the ranks with a brilliant win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Barcelona Open at a rocking Pista Rafa Nadal. Alcaraz is viewed as the heir-apparent to Nadal’s crown in Spain, and served notice of his immense talent with wins at the Rio Open and Miami Open earlier this year — the latter a Masters 1000 event. Ad/> The 18-year-old appears comfortable on a range of surfaces, but seems particularly well suited to the European clay and showed that with his 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 win over Tsitsipas.
Carlos Alcaraz defeated top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in a three-set rollercoaster to reach the Barcelona semi-finals on Friday and become the youngest player since Rafael Nadal in 2005 to reach the world top 10. The 18-year-old Spaniard saw off world number five Tsitsipas, who had successfully defended his Monte Carlo Masters title last weekend, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. On Monday, Alcaraz will become the first teenager to make the top 10 since Andy Murray in 2007 and youngest since compatriot and 21-time major winner Nadal 17 years ago.
British teenager Emma Raducanu used three sets to down Germany's Tamara Korpatsch 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 on Thursday in the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Stuttgart, Germany.
The Greek world number five, who is fresh off the successful defence of his Monte Carlo Masters title last weekend, defeated Belarusian Ilya Ivashka 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 after two hours and 13 minutes. Tsitsipas will next play 14th seed Grigor Dimitrov who also needed three sets to secure victory over Argentina's Federico Coria 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Former Scottish Premiership striker Noel Whelan has made a claim involving Celtic’s Giorgos Giakoumakis following an impressive start to life in Glasgow.
UEFA has ordered Marseille to close part of their stadium for the home leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final against Feyenoord due to crowd violence. European football's governing body opened an investigation after the first leg of Marseille's quarter-final against Greek side PAOK was marred by ugly clashes between supporters.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has set his sights on breaking up the dominance of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic this season after his Monte Carlo title win, as he aims to reach the world's top two by the end of the year. The Greek is already No 2 in the race to the ATP Finals, which totals points won in 2022 alone, and is bidding to hold onto his place as the season progresses.