Home favorite Lorenzo Musetti bowed out in the Rome Masters semi-final following a 6-3, 7-6 defeat to Carlos Alcaraz. Playing in front of a passionate home crowd at Foro Italico, Musetti admitted he struggled to stay positive.

Surpassing his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Alcaraz (22y 2d) is the second-youngest player to reach the final at three ATP Masters 1000 events on clay, older than only Rafael Nadal (20y 345d, Ham

Carlos Alcaraz overcame a partisan home crowd to battle past Lorenzo Musetti and take his place in the Italian Open final.