Third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the semifinals for the second straight year after an impressive victory against Karen Khachanov.

Medvedev has won 28.8% of his return games over his last 10 tournaments, and 79.8% of his service games. Over his last 10 tournaments, Alcaraz has won 35.8% of his return games an

Spanish second seed and four-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz emerged from a tense first set to defeat Russian seventh seed Karen Khachanov 7-5, 6-2 in Beijing, saying afterwards: “I’m not letting my opponents show their best tennis.”