Jack Draper vs Carlos Alcaraz LIVE: Italian Open latest score and updates – UK Times

Draper has climbed into the world’s top five and has a solid recent record against the Spaniard, winning two of their last three meetings, including on his way to Indian Wells success earlier this year.

The pair are yet to meet on clay, though, with Alcaraz possessing such prowess on the surface though he was given a fright by Karen Khachanov in his last outing.

The British No 1, meanwhile, had to overcome the unorthodox Corentin Moutet, fighting back to take the last-16 match and set up this encounter in Rome.

A blockbuster quarter-final clash is on the cards as Jack Draper and Carlos Alcaraz vie for a place in the last four at the Italian Open. Two of the world’s best young tennis players have forged quite the rivalry over the last year or so, with Draper’s felling of the defending champion at Indian Wells still fresh in the memory – but this is a first meeting between the pair on clay, a surface on which Alcaraz has much more experience.

Can the British No 1 claim a statement win in Rome?