Carlos Alcaraz secures semi-final place at Queen's as Cameron Norrie crashes out

Carlos Alcaraz’s run at Queen’s continued as he overcame Grigor Dimitrov to seal his place in the semi-final. The 20-year-old admitted earlier this week that he has had to adjust his expectations on the grass court after an impressive win over Jiri Lehecka. And the Spaniard’s confidence will have only grown after dispatching Dimitrov 6-4 6-4 in a high quality game.

Ad He is into his first semi-final on grass and will meet Sebastian Korda, who beat Cameron Norrie earlier in the day. WimbledonDjokovic to join Alcaraz, Rune at Hurlingham Tennis Classic to step up WImbledon preparations10 HOURS AGO «Obviously the matches that I played are a great level coming into this,» said Alcaraz, who defeated Arthur Rinderknech in the first round. «It was a really top match.

Grigor is a really top player on every surface but I would say even more here on grass. You know, he feels the ball really well, so yeah, I played really well since the beginning until the last ball.» Alcaraz admits he has been watching videos of the game's best on grass in preparation for this tournament. «I'm trying to imitate them a little bit.

I think I did well,» he added. «I'm a guy who learns so fast. I'm playing such at a great level and feeling really, really comfortable on grass.» It was pointed out to Alcaraz that all four of this year's semi-finalists are under the age of 25 and the Spaniard admits he is enjoying the challenge of playing against competitors of similar age.