
"It was not his day, he didn't play at his best, but I played my game," said the US Open champion.Īlcaraz will take on Holger Rune for a last-four place after the Dane dispatched Andrey Rublev. The Spanish teenager, hoping to win a third Masters title of the year after previous successes in Miami and Madrid, saw off former world number three Dimitrov 6-1, 6-3 in 72 minutes.Īlcaraz will be confirmed as the year-end world number one before the ATP Finals in Turin later this month if he lifts the trophy this weekend in the French capital.


World number one Carlos Alcaraz (19) swatted aside Grigor Dimitrov (31) in straight sets on Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarter-finals, while Lorenzo Musetti (20) dumped out third seed Casper Ruud (23).
