Sport | ‘Perfect’ Dimitrov stuns Alcaraz to book Zverev Miami semi-final

Carlos Alcaraz returns a shot. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Carlos Alcaraz returns a shot. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

World number two Carlos Alcaraz was knocked out of the Miami Open quarter-finals on Thursday, beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

Dimitrov played sparkling and energetic tennis to beat the Spanish top seed and will now face Germany’s Alexander Zverev for a place in the final.

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