Aryna Sabalenka shouted back at a heckler during her match against Qinwen Zheng in the Italian Open quarterfinal.

Third seed Carlos Alcaraz overcame a nervy start to beat Briton Jack Draper 6-4 6-4 on Wednesday and reach the Italian Open semi-finals for the first time.However, women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka fell by the wayside after being toppled 6-4 6-3 Zheng Qinwen.

Zheng Qinwen earned her first victory over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday to set up an Italian Open semifinal match against Coco Gauff. The 22-year-old Zheng, the Olympic champion from China,