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Carlos Alcaraz reached his 10th career grand slam quarter-final, the most by a man before his 22nd birthday, by advancing to the Australian Open when 15th seed Jack Draper pulled out due to injury after dropping the first two sets on Sunday.

No.3 seed Alcaraz was leading 7-5, 6-1 when Draper decided he could not continue.

He had been dealing with physical problems after winning each of his first three matches at Melbourne Park in five sets.

“It’s not the way I want to win a fight, to advance to the next round,” Alcaraz said.

“Delighted to play another quarter-final here in Australia, but a little bit sad for Jack.”

The two were supposed to spend a week training together in the offseason, but Draper had to turn down that chance due to injury.

Alcaraz will next face either ten-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic or no. 24 Jiri Lehecka, who plays later tonight.

“I definitely want to see it. Where? I don’t know. I have to recover now. My mind is (on) recovering as well as I can with my team,” Alcaraz said.

Sunday’s win was Alcaraz’s first against a top 20 opponent at the Australian Open, which he is trying to win for the first time to complete a career grand slam.

He already has two titles from Wimbledon – defeating Djokovic in the finals in 2023 and 2024 – plus one each from the US Open and French Open.

Alcaraz, still only 21, tied with Bjørn Borg, Boris Becker and Mats Wilander for the highest number of major quarter-finals at that age.

Alcaraz’s best run at Melbourne Park was reaching the quarter-finals last year before losing to Alexander Zverev at that time.

“I’m just happy with the level I’m playing,” Alcaraz said.

“On the pitch, off the pitch, I feel really comfortable here in Australia.”