Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the Rome Open semifinals after defeating Jack Draper, securing an impressive boost in the ATP rankings just ahead of Roland Garros.

World no. 5 Jack Draper let his emotions spill out in a rare on-court outburst during his Rome Masters clash against Vit Kopriva. The Briton ousted the Czech 6-4, 6-3 in an hour and 41 minutes. Despite building a set and a break advantage, Draper smashed his racquet after wasting four break chances in the fifth game of the second set.

Jack Draper has rapidly risen to become Britain's top tennis talent and will get the chance to prove how good he is against Carlos Alcaraz on Wednesday. Having turned professional in 2018, Draper, 23,

Jack Draper admitted that he was left "dizzy" and "bamboozled" by Corentin Moutet as he addressed their incident-filled last-16 clash at the Italian Open. The Brit won 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 after his opponent called for a VAR review to overturn a point awarded to Draper in the second set.

Carlos Alcaraz set up a semi-final meeting with Lorenzo Musetti at the Italian Open on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Jack Draper in the last eight, while women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka was knocked out.