Alexander Zverev knocked out No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals at the 2024 Australian Open on Wednesday.
The sixth-seeded Zverev nearly took out Alcaraz, the 2023 Wimbledon champion, in straight sets when he found himself up 5-2 in the third, but Alcaraz stormed back to force a fourth set with a 7-6 (7-2) in the tiebreak.
The 26-year-old Zverev, who last made the Australian Open semifinals in 2020, attributed his third set collapse to overthinking and getting ahead of himself against one of the world's best players.