Alex de Minaur beaten by in-form Alcaraz in Barcelona quarter-final

Australian goes down 7-5, 6-3 against the world No 2 Victory gives the Spaniard a 4-0 record in head-to-heads Alex de Minaur's 50th tour-level quarter-final has ended in defeat, the Australian No 1 beaten 7-5 6-3 in 100 minutes by defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at the Barcelona Open. De Minaur began well, breaking the top seed in the third game before taking a 3-1 lead, and breaking again in the seventh after Alcaraz had broken back. But the Spaniard took four of the last five games to claim ...