Carlos Alcaraz and his team had to pull out of all his tricks to be physically ready for his Group Stage match against Andrey Rublev at the ATP Finals on Wednesday.

Casper Ruud to face world No 1 Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev to take on Taylor Fritz in semi-finals after beating Carlos Alcaraz; watch the ATP Finals on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+ which is integrated into Sky TV,

Carlos Alcaraz scored his first victory at the ATP Finals. Two days after losing to Casper Ruud and experiencing breathing issues due to cold, the Spaniard defeated Andrey Rublev 6-3, 7-6 in an hour and 36 minutes.

Carlos Alcaraz beat Andrey Rublev in straight sets in the group stage match on Wednesday. The Spaniard recovered after losing to Casper Ruud in the first match of the group stage.

Alexander Zverev surged into the semi-finals of the ATP Finals after eliminating French Open and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz with a 7-6(5) 6-4 defeat, while Casper Ruud also advanced with a 6-4 5-7 6-2 win over Andrey Rublev on Friday.

Carlos Alcaraz was the big name missing when the last two semifinal spots were filled at the ATP Finals on Friday. Alcaraz's 7-6 (5), 6-4 loss to Alexander Zverev meant the French Open and Wimbledon champion — who has been sick this week — was eliminated from elite,

Alexander Zverev is into the semifinals. Carlos Alcaraz, meanwhile, needs to wait to see if he will reach the last four at the ATP Finals. Zverev beat Alcaraz 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the season-ending event for the year’s top eight players.

Carlos Alcaraz needed to beat Alexander Zverev in straight sets to have the best chance of reaching the semi-finals at the ATP Finals but he lost the opening set on a tiebreak