After Novak Djokovic was eliminated early, Carlos Alcaraz was considered to be the No. 1 championship at Doha Open 2025. Previously, the Spanish player had just crowned at Rotterdam Open. Coming to Doha, he also had a good start when he defeated Marin Cilic and Luca Nardi in turn in the first two rounds.
In the quarterfinals, Alcaraz's opponent Jiri Lehecka. The Czech player has caused a great surprise to enter the initiative. After losing the break in advance in game 3 set 1, he successfully came back when breaking 2 consecutive serve games of Alcaraz, thereby winning 6-3.
Set Set 2, Alcaraz seemed to wake up and play excellent. The Spanish player won the break early in game 4 and kept the advantage until the end of the set. He won 6-3 sets to bring the match to the starting line.
However, Lehecka continued to shock the felt ball village when he knocked down the No. 1 seed in Set 3. Like Set 1, Alcaraz is still a better starter when winning the previous break in game 5.
In the end, the Czech player defeated Alcaraz with a score of 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, thereby officially writing his name in the semi-finals. He will compete for the final tickets with the No. 8 Seed Jack Draper.
Meanwhile, another seed was eliminated, Daniil Medvedev. The Russian player was injured and gave up early against Auger Aliassime.
