(ANSA) - ROME, NOVEMBER 04 - An injury forced Carlos Alcaraz to retire from Spain in the quarter-finals of the ATP Masters1000 in Paris-Bercy, promoting the Norwegian Holger Rune to the semifinals.
The number 1 in the world lost the first set 6-3 and during the second he asked for medical intervention for pain in the abdomen.
After a massage he returned to the pitch but during the tie break he was forced to leave the pitch for good.
The 18-year-old Rune will find in the semifinals the Canadian Felix AugerAliassime, who previously had beaten the American Frances Tiafoe by a score of 6-1, 6-4.
The blue Lorenzo Musetti will soon be on the field, opposite Novak Djokovic (ANSA).