Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul live: Scores and updates from French Open quarter-final

Lorenzo Musetti escaped being disqualified from the French Open after accidentally kicking a ball at a line judge during this quarter-final win over Frances Tiafoe.

The Italian progressed to his first Roland Garros semi-final after beating Tiafoe in four sets and will play either Carlos Alcaraz or Tommy Paul on Friday for a place in the final.

But the eighth seed had a fortunate escape during his contest with Tiafoe where Musetti risked being defaulted from the tournament when he struck a line judge by volleying the ball with his foot.

Musetti, who had lost the previous point on serve and was down 3-5 in the second set, was receiving balls from a ball boy when he dropped one of them behind the baseline as he faced the back of the court.

There certainly have been some entertaining matches between Alcaraz and Paul over the last few years – and the American even has some wins against the young Spaniard.

2024 – Olympics, Alcaraz wins 6-3 7-6

2024 – Wimbledon, Alcaraz wins 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-2

2024 – Cincinnati, Alcaraz wins 7-6 6-7 6-3

2023 – Canada, Paul wins 6-3 4-6 6-3

2023 – Miami, Alcaraz wins 6-4 6-4

2022 – Canada, Paul wins 6-7 7-6 6-3

“We played actually here not even a year ago at the Olympics. I felt like I played a decent match. I know a lot of things that I could have done better, and I had a couple of set points I think in the second set and ended up losing in straights.

“Obviously the guy can play amazing tennis here, I mean, defending champion and everything. I think we would go into the match with some good, new ideas.”

“Against Tommy, I think for the people, it’s going to be a really interesting match to watch, because every time we play against each other, we rise our level to the top as well.

“We make really good rallies, good points. So I think it’s going to be great to watch as well. It’s going to be a good quarterfinal.”

Hello and welcome. We have a cracker of quarter-final to come tonight between Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul, with Lorenzo Musetti waiting the winner in the semi-finals.

Earlier we had Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka set up their semi-final, which will come on Thursday.