In the fourth round of Australia expanded 2025, Carlos Alcaraz's opponent Jack Draper. The British tennis player is ranked 18th in the world and has made strong steps in 2024.
In the previous 3 rounds, Draper had to go through extremely intense marathon. Accordingly, all 3 matches last over 5 sets. This has greatly affected the physical strength of the 23 -year -old star.
Before Alcaraz, the Draper had a bad start. After losing game 6, he reclaimed the successful break in game 9 to bring the set back to the balance. Unfortunately, when the game 7 decided, the British tennis player lost the break again and lost 5-7.
Sang game 2, the draper began to show signs of injury. He lost the break continuously and lost quickly with a score of 1-6. At this time, Draper also decided to withdraw from injury. He shared that he had to struggle with tendon inflammation in the hip throughout the week.
With this result, Alcaraz officially won tickets to the quarterfinals of Australia expanded 2025. He returned to the youngest player in the opening era at least twice in the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam tournaments in the year.
Notably, Alcaraz's opponent in the quarterfinals is Novak Djokovic. The Serbian player has just defeated the No. 24 Jiri Lehecka seed with a score of 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4). This is also the first time Nole played Alcaraz in the expanded Australian framework.
