Australian Open – Carlos Alcaraz advances to the quarter-finals and awaits Novak Djokovic there

The 21-year-old Spaniard, in search of the last Grand Slam title in Melbourne which is missing from his collection, took advantage of the abandonment of the British Jack Draper (18th in the world), who threw in the towel after 1h35 and lost of the first two sets 7-5, 6-1.

The Murcian will face in the quarter-finals the winner of the match between Novak Djokovic and the Czech Jiri Lehecka (ATP 29), scheduled for early evening in Melbourne.

“This is not the way I wanted to go to the next round but I am happy to play another quarter-final” in Australia, where he has never reached the last four, Alcaraz said on court.