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Alcaraz retires injured from Paris Masters
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Rune reaches first Masters 1000 semi-final, Djokovic beat Italian Musetti

Top seed Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz sustained an injury that forced him to retire from his quarter-final match with Holger Rune, as the Dane progressed to to his first Masters 1000 semi-final

Rune outclassed world number one Alcaraz to win the opening set 6-3 and held firm in the second when his opponent raised his game before retiring at 3-1 down in the tiebreak having received medical treatment for an abdominal strain at 6-5.

“I cannot stretch. I couldn’t serve well, I couldn’t hit the forehand well,” said Alcaraz. “I preferred to retire and see it and take care of it.

“I have some tests on how it’s going to be before Turin,” he added. “But right now I’m focused on trying to get better in the abdominal and trying to be at 100% in Turin.”

Sixth seed Djokovic outclassed Italian youngster Lorenzo Musetti in a 6-0 6-3 win and will next meet Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, who defeated American Tommy Paul 6-2 6-4 in about 77 minutes.