Alcaraz’s amazing Vienna run continues with Berrettini upset

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18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz‘s hot streak continued at the Erste Bank Open with another massive scalp – that of world No 7 Matteo Berrettini, dismissed by the teenage Spaniard 6-1, 6-7(2), 7-6(5) in two hours and 40 minutes.

He is now through to the biggest semi-final of his career so far – and is the third youngest man to reach that stage in Vienna, after 17-year-old Stefan Edberg in 1983 and 18-year-old Roger Federer in 1999, neither of whom made it through to the final.

Alcaraz had eliminated two Brits earlier in the week, one of them a former world No 1 – Andy Murray in the round of 16, and Dan Evans in the round of 32.

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Of course, this all comes less than two months after Alcaraz knocked third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas out of the US Open in a gruelling five-set encounter.

He has yet another tough task in the semi-final, though – either Felix Auger-Aliassime or Alexander Zverev will stand in his way as he looks to become the youngest finalist in tournament history.