Sept 8, 2023; Flushing, NY, USA; Carlos Alcaraz of Spain after a winner against Daniil Medvedev in a menÕs singles semifinal on day twelve of the 2023 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

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ATP Barcelona Open 2025 Semifinal Results: Carlos Alcaraz Navigates Fils Storm, Holger Rune Destroys Khachanov En Route to Final

The Barcelona champion takes home €535,185.

The 2025 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell is nearing its culmination, with semifinals action successfully completed on Saturday. Danish prodigy Holger Rune battled former Olympic silver medalist Karen Khachanov in the opening clash on Pista Rafa Nadal. The second semifinal featured World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz against arch rival Arthur Fils, in a rematch of the Monte Carlo Masters quarterfinal from last week.

Here’s what went down on Super Saturday:

Holger Rune vs Karen Khachanov

Both players came into the tournament on the back of a disappointing outing at the Principality. Both Khachanov and Rune started the match in strong style – holding their opening three service games. With Rune adopting a defensive return position, it was challenging for Khachanov to find free points. In the seventh game of the set, the No. 6 seed broke to love, and subsequently held to love, to go up 5-3. He then nailed some phenomenal groundstrokes to take the opening set 6-3.

In the second set, the Russian came out with newfound determination. However, Rune managed to serve brilliantly which enabled him to stay strong on serve. He did not face a single break point all match, and hit 20 winners en route to a famous win. He broke Khachanov to love in his opening service game, and finished the match with another break of serve. The Dane dismissed Khachanov in just over an hour, and confirmed a spot in the final as well as a Top-10 re-entry.

Result: Rune def. Khachanov 6-3 6-2.

Carlos Alcaraz vs Arthur Fils

In Saturday’s main event clash, Arthur Fils was on his redemption arc after suffering a gut wrenching defeat against Carlos Alcaraz in Monte Carlo. A week later, he looked to turn things around at the Catalonian capital. However, it was Spanish domination right from the onset of this marquee clash. Alcaraz thumped nearly 75% first serves in, winning 77% of these and saving 100% break points.

While many assumed that Fils would learn from his defeat at the Principality, it was actually Alcaraz who was two steps ahead. The former World No. 1 was extremely comfortable returning serve, and broke Fils twice in Set-1 and once in Set-2 to confirm another finals qualification. “Let’s see if tomorrow we will end the day with the trophy,” he proclaimed after the win.

Result: Alcaraz def. Fils 6-2 6-4.

Alcaraz vs. Rune for the 4th time, first since Wimbledon 2023.

Should be great. pic.twitter.com/3F2nWfk0EU
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) April 19, 2025

The 2025 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell final will be played between Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune on Sunday. While the Spaniard leads the face-off 2-1, this will be the first final between them.

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Sankalp Harikrishnan

A passionate sports fan through and through, I am currently pursuing my MA in Global Sports Journalism. I specialise in tennis and football writing at The Playoffs News, and I have prior experience working at EssentiallySports and Sportskeeda. Born and raised in Bengaluru, India, sport was my safe space right from my childhood. After trying my hand at multiple sports and representing my educational institutions in cricket, badminton and table tennis, I found sports media to be my calling.