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DOHA, Qatar — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz lost for just the second time this year when 25th-ranked Jiri Lehecka beat him 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open. Alcaraz's only other defeat in 2025 was to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open quarterfinals. The 21-year-old Spaniard won the Rotterdam Open earlier this month. The 23-year-old Lehecka, who is from the Czech Republic, will next face eighth-seeded Jack Draper. Earlier, fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev saved one match point and needed eight of his own to subdue second-seeded Alex de Minaur in three sets. He'll next face Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime.
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