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Tennis: Alcaraz fights back to emulate Nadal and reach season’s 10th final

# Tennis: Carlos Alcaraz battled back to beat Norwegian Casper Ruud 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Tokyo and reach his tenth final of a spectacular season, emulating fellow Spaniard Rafael Nadal. The world number one and US Open champion will face his Laver Cup conqueror, American Taylor Fritz, in tomorrow’s final of the Japan Open. No man has reached ten finals in a season since the legendary Nadal in 2017.