Summary

  • Draper loses 6-4 6-4 to Alcaraz in Italian Open quarter-final

  • The British number one led 4-2 before Alcaraz recovered to win first set

  • Draper pressures Alcaraz serve in the second, but the Spaniard breaks to serve for the match

  • Draper, ranked fifth in the world, is aiming for his first ATP clay-court title

  • World number three Alcaraz is the reigning French Open champion

  • Live scores, results and order of play

Live Reporting

Elizabeth Botcherby

  1. Jonathan Jurejko
    BBC Sport senior tennis reporter

    Draper and Alcaraz already know each other well.

    This will be their sixth meeting on the ATP Tour, with 22-year-old Alcaraz leading 3-2 in the head-to-head.

    They have already played twice this year. Alcaraz won their Australian Open last-16 tie in January, leading by two sets when Draper retired, but the 23-year-old Briton avenged that with a mature victory in the Indian Well semi-finals.

    Off court, the pair have also struck up a friendly mutual respect.

    Draper was set to head to Spain in the off season for a practice week with Alcaraz, only for a hip injury to curtail it.

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    Draper v Alcaraz

    Hello there!

    It’s gorgeously sunny in Salford and looking at the crowd, it’s t-shirt weather in Rome, where it’s time for Britain’s Jack Draper to take on Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open.

    Can Draper move another step closer to a maiden ATP title on clay? Stick around to find out.