IMAGE: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz applauds as Britain's Jack Draper walks off the court after retiring from his fourth round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Carlos Alcaraz reached his second Australian Open quarter-final on Sunday when his opponent Jack Draper retired injured when trailing 7-5, 6-1.
Spaniard Alcaraz was well on top in the afternoon match at Rod Laver Arena against the Briton, who took a lengthy time-out between the sets.
IMAGE: Carlos Alcaraz stretches fully to make return against Jack Draper. Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters
The four-times Grand Slam champion will meet the winner of Novak Djokovic and Jiri Lehecka, who play in the evening session.
"This is not the way that I want to get through to the next round. I'm just happy to play another quarter-final here in Australia," Alcaraz said on court.
"But really sorry for Jack. He doesn't deserve to get injured. He couldn't prepare the start of the season well."