{"id":96908,"date":"2026-04-10T20:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=96908"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:45:14","slug":"ironman-vacherot-sets-sf-showdown-with-alcaraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/ironman-vacherot-sets-sf-showdown-with-alcaraz\/","title":{"rendered":"Ironman Vacherot Sets SF Showdown With Alcaraz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fairytale continues!<\/p>\n<p>Monaco\u2019s Valentin Vacherot won a lung-busting three-set marathon for the second consecutive evening Friday to book a semi-final showdown on his home court with World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz at the Monte-Carlo Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>With his rare blend of baseline firepower and hard-to-penetrate defence, the World No. 23 won a physical 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 contest with World No. 6 Alex de Minaur, regarded as one of the fiercest competitors on tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such an honour to be part of the semi-finals with three of the best players of the last few years,\u201d Vacherot said of the semi-final line-up that also includes Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev. \u201cI can\u2019t wait for tomorrow to have the opportunity to play Carlos in my home town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fOAzrmRecaU?si=a65Yn__wB_M4a4cV\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Following his near-three-hour victory in heavy conditions against Hubert Hurkacz the night before, Vacherot showed strong legs and a stronger heart in clutch moments to fend off the Australian.<\/p>\n<p>He closed out the first set by winning a grinding 23-shot rally. Later, serving at 4-3 in the third set, he rallied from 0\/40 to hold, ultimately fending off four break points in the pivotal game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing. All the guys up there [watching] are my best friends since I was nine, 10, 11, 12 years old&#8221; Vacherot said. &#8220;I went to high school, middle school with them. It\u2019s rare to have this many people around, all the members of the club here in the boxes. I can probably name 1000 faces in the crowd. It\u2019s just so lucky to have a tournament in my club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vacherot, who upset World No. 5 and 2025 finalist Lorenzo Musetti in the third round, improved to a 4-4 record against Top 10 players with his win over De Minaur.<\/p>\n<p>This time last year he entered the tournament as a wild card ranked No. 256. He turned around his career last October when he won through qualifying to win the Rolex Shanghai Masters. 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