Queen’s 2023 LIVE: Latest updates as Carlos Alcaraz in semi-final action

What an superior win that’s for Carlos Alcaraz. The 20-year-old Spaniard has simply bought higher and higher this week, and it’s unbelievable how far he has come since his opening match on Monday.

Tomorrow he’ll face Alex De Minaur within the Queen’s last. If Alcaraz wins will probably be a primary title on grass and it will see him take the world No 1 rating and Wimbledon prime seed from Novak Djokovic.

Oh my goodness… Alcaraz simply crushes the forehand once more – at 101mph – to convey up two match factors for a spot within the Queen’s last.

Korda does nicely on the return, pinging the baseline.

Alcaraz leaves the drop shot brief… Korda reaches it… however Alcaraz finds the artful passing shot to win the match!

What a win! Carlos Alcaraz is thru to his first grass last!

Korda manages to carry and asks Alcaraz to serve it out.

The Spaniard is bidding to achieve a primary grass last.

It’s simply not going Korda’s approach right now. The American groans as he races to select up a forehand behind the baseline however can’t clear the web. He’s operating out of time to interrupt Alcaraz’s serve and has lacked a way of fireside right now.

Oh the Queen’s crowd are simply purring on the sight of Carlos Alcaraz’s forehand! The Spaniard hits two great winners in a single sport to consolidate the break and the 20-year-old is beginning to discover one other degree on grass this afternoon.

Korda has been many individuals’s participant of the week to date at Queen’s however the big-serving American has been tamed by Alcaraz to date, with the Spaniard squeezing out a bunch of errors from his backhand facet.

The double faults aren’t serving to both, and his sixth of the match arms Alcaraz three break factors.

Alcaraz solely wants the primary with a surprising return winner! Proper off the bat.

Alcaraz simply will get higher and higher on the Queen’s grass! The 20-year-old occasions his strategy into the web to perfection to place away the backhand volley and produce up two set factors! He solely wants one, as Korda’s return drifts lengthy of the baseline!

Growth! That’s beautiful from Alcaraz! He breaks Korda with a sequence of beautiful forehand assaults to the baseline, completed off with the clear winner down the road. Korda, regardless of his dimension, was utterly overwhelmed. That’s an enormous break from the Spaniard.

Extra possibilities! This time it’s Korda who faces 15-40, however the American produces the large serves after which a measured backhand go down the road to get his maintain from a difficult place.

It’s been an odd match to date with neither participant capable of finding a rhythm.

Extra break factors! Korda stands an imposing determine on the baseline and forces two extra break level possibilities on the Alcaraz serve. The Spaniard escapes to deuce as Korda flings a lob lengthy and the Spaniard belts an ace, however the American is granted a 3rd likelihood on the double fault.

He can’t take this one, both, as a backhand down the road drifts extensive, and Alcaraz is ready to grind his approach out of hassle to get the maintain.