The stage is set for an entertaining day of semifinal action at the ATP Rotterdam Open with some of the world’s best set to take to the court in the Netherlands.

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz overpowered Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori 6-2, 6-1 in just over an hour on Thursday in the second round of the ABN AMRO Open at Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Carlos Alcaraz is safely through into the last eight in Rotterdam. World no. 3 played against Italy's Andrea Vavassori in the second round and scored a 6-2, 6-1 victory in 63 minutes and remained on the title course.

No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain was pushed to three sets before finishing off Dutch wild card Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-1 in the first round of the ABN AMRO Open on Tuesday in Rotterdam,

Carlos Alcaraz will play at a new tournament later in the 2025 season, which means the Spaniard has decided not to defend one of his ATP titles from last year. Alcaraz competed at the China Open in

Former ATP Tour star Paolo Lorenzi believes that Carlos Alcaraz needs to forge “his own identity, his own style of play” to continue his success in the sport. Alcaraz is only 21 but has already forged one of the most successful careers in modern tennis history.

Once again, the issue of constant injuries in professional tennis is being examined; Alcaraz is firm about it. After his first game at the 2025 Rotterdam Open, the global No. Three pointed out the inconsistency of tennis balls used across many events as a key cause of the increasing number of player injuries.

A winner of four Grand Slams, Carlos Alcaraz believes that the constant change of balls has directly impacted to increasing number of injuries in tennis.