Alex de Minaur's 50th tour-level quarter-final has ended in defeat, the Australian No.1 beaten 7-5 6-3 in 100 minutes by defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at the Barcelona Open.
De Minaur began well, breaking the top seed in the third game before taking a 3-1 lead, and breaking again in the seventh after Alcaraz had broken back. But the Spaniard took four of the last five games to claim the set.
The second stanza went with serve apart from the sixth game in which Alcaraz secured the crucial break despite de Minaur twice serving for the game.
