The Spaniard led Draper 7-5, 6-1 when the Briton was forced to stop. Alcaraz is now into his 10th Grand Slam quarterfinal, where he will take on record 10-time champion Novak Djokovic or Jiri Lehecka.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
By reaching the last eight at a major for the 10th time, Alcaraz equalled the Open Era record for the most Grand Slam quarterfinals reached by a man aged 21 or under.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Before walking off the court, Alcaraz signed the camera with touching touching words for Draper, \"You will be where you deserve. Get well soon, Jack!\" he wrote on the camera.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Draper\u2019s retirement came after Alcaraz had rectified a first-set lapse in scintillating fashion inside Rod Laver Arena. The third seed had carved out an early 5-2 lead and was in total command when he produced a frustrated, wayward sequence of games to allow Draper to level at 5-5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
From there Alcaraz was regularly producing some typically outrageous shotmaking, he won eight of the next nine games as Draper, who received an off-court medical timeout at the end of the first set, began to feel the exertions of his opening-week heroics in Melbourne, ATP reports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Alcaraz sealed the second set against Draper with a display of serving dominance. The young Spaniard's blistering serves kept Draper at bay. Alcara struck a searing forehand winner to claim one of the points emphatically.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite Draper's efforts, Alcaraz's offensive prowess on serve proved too much to handle, as the Spaniard comfortably held to take the second set 6-1. Alcaraz took a two-set lead in the match, before Draper decided to withdraw.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"It\u2019s not the way I want to win the match to get through to the next round. I\u2019m just happy to play in another quarterfinal in Australia, but a little bit sad for Jack, he\u2019s a nice person. He doesn\u2019t deserve to get injured,\" said Alcaraz in his on-court interview.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite Draper's efforts, Alcaraz's offensive prowess on serve proved too much to handle, as the Spaniard comfortably held to take the second set 6-1. Alcaraz took a two-set lead in the match, before Draper decided to withdraw.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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