Carlos Alcaraz storms past Sebastian Korda to reach Queen's final after Alex de Minaur stuns Holger Rune

Carlos Alcaraz will face Alex de Minaur in the final at Queen’s after the top seed took out Sebastian Korda 6-3 6-4 on Saturday. Alcaraz is a newcomer to grass and is making his debut at the London event, but he has quickly looked at home on the surface this week as he gains momentum leading up to Wimbledon. Ad The world No.

2 needed 81 minutes to eliminate the American and put himself one victory away from a fifth title of the season following victories in Madrid, Barcelona, Indian Wells and Buenos Aires. ATP Queen'sAlcaraz secures semi-final place at Queen's as Norrie crashes out21 HOURS AGO Victory over De Minaur would also send Alcaraz into Wimbledon as the top seed and as world No. 1 — a position currently occupied by Novak Djokovic.

«Honestly at the beginning of the week, I didn't know that. When I won yesterday, they told me and I thought 'Oh my god', it's so much motivation,» Alcaraz said. «It's something that's in my mind, I'm going to go for it.

Being a top seed at Wimbledon and world No. 1, it's a dream, it could be great to recover it here at Queen's to win the title.» Norrie left rueing small margins in Queen's loss 'Insinuating racism where none exists' – Tsitsipas addresses 'misinterpreted' Kyrgios comments Kvitova and Sakkari progress to Berlin semis, Krejcikova through to Birmingham final Both players suffered nervy starts as Korda broke the Alcaraz serve in the opening game, only for the Spaniard to immediately break back, aided by three double-faults in a row from his opponent. A love hold from the top seed was tidier, but there were multiple break points for both players that they failed to take as a compelling opener stayed on serve up to 4-3.