Alcaraz outmuscles Ruud to clinch semi-final spot in Beijing

Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-2 on Monday afternoon. He’ll face the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, in the next round

Carlos Alcaraz in Cincinnati (ICON SMI/Panoramic)

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October 2, 2023

China Open •Quarter-final • completed

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C. AlcarazvsC. Ruud

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, reached the semi-finals of the China Open by winning against Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 6-2 at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing on Monday.

Alcaraz, ranked No 2, will play the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, next.

World #2 Carlos Alcaraz beats #9 Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-2 to reach the semifinalist in his Beijing career debut. h2h is now 4-0.

Casper was quite good & lost straightforwardly.

– 12th semifinal of the year for Alcaraz in 14 tournaments;

– 9th top 10 win of the year in 12 matches pic.twitter.com/8Y2JriE134
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 2, 2023

Earlier in the tournament, the 20-year-old Spaniard beat German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann (6-4, 6-3) and Italian Lorenzo Musetti (6-2, 6-2).

Ruud, ranked No 9, defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff (7-6 (5), 6-3) and edged out Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry (1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7)) in the previous rounds of the Beijing tournament.

Beijing ATP500, other quarter-finals results (Olympic Green Tennis Center, hard, USD 3.633.875, most recent results first):