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Tennis: Alcaraz, Ruud, Fils and Khachanov through to the Barcelona Open semifinals

# Tennis: Top seed Carlos Alcaraz is through to the Barcelona Open semifinals after beating fifth seed Alex de Minaur. The Spaniard saw off the Australian, 7-5, 6-3. Alcaraz will face France’s Arthur Fils in the last four, after his opponent, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, retired injured in the third game of their quarterfinal clash. Meanwhile, Denmark’s Holger Rune knocked out defending champion Casper Ruud of Norway, 6-4, 6-2. Rune will play Karen Khachanov in the semifinals after the Russian beat Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 6-4, 7-5.