Defending Champion Carlos Alcaraz Crashes Out of Madrid Open After Loss to Andrey Rublev

Carlos Alcaraz's hopes of becoming the first player to win three-straight Madrid Open titles came undone as the second seed fell to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, loss in front of his home crowd to Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

The 20-year-old two-times grand slam champion was not at his best despite taking the opening set in 41 minutes, while Rublev put in a dominant performance to roar back and snap Alcaraz's 14-match winning streak at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament.

It will be Rublev's first semi-final in Madrid. The 26-year-old was on a four-match losing streak coming into the clay-court event.