MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz reached his second Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday when his opponent Jack Draper retired injured when trailing 7-5 6-1.
Spaniard Alcaraz was well on top in the afternoon match at Rod Laver Arena against the Briton, who took a lengthy time-out between the sets.
The four-times Grand Slam champion will meet the winner of Novak Djokovic and Jiri Lehecka, who play in the evening session.
“This is not the way that I want to get through to the next round. I’m just happy to play another quarter-final here in Australia,” Alcaraz said on court.
“But really sorry for Jack. He doesn’t deserve to get injured. He couldn’t prepare the start of the season well.”
(Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
