Defending champ Carlos Alcaraz cruises into U.S. Open quarters

World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz eased previous Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to succeed in the U.S. Open quarterfinals on Monday in New York.

The Spanish 20-year-old joined Andre Agassi as the one males to succeed in three U.S. Open quarterfinals earlier than the age of 21 within the Open Period (since 1968).

“The depth from the begin to the final ball, I feel I performed a extremely stable match,” Alcaraz mentioned. “Much less errors. I performed my sport. Tried to go to the online on a regular basis. I’m actually pleased with the efficiency and I’m completely satisfied to be by means of.”

Alcaraz, the defending U.S. Open champion, had simply two aces towards Arnaldi’s 4, and Arnaldi saved 7 of 12 break factors. However Alcaraz gained 38 of his 49 first-service factors (77.6 p.c) and 27 of 37 factors on the internet (73 p.c).

Alcaraz had 31 winners to Arnaldi’s 22.

“Proper now my favourite floor is difficult court docket, and after I gained Wimbledon I mentioned I fell in love with grass,” Alcaraz mentioned. “I’m actually snug with the three surfaces, however proper now onerous courts is my favourite one.”

Within the quarters, Alcaraz will face both German No. 12 seed Alexander Zverev or Italian No. 6 seed Jannik Sinner, who have been scheduled to face off later Monday.

No. 8 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia bought previous Nice Britain’s Jack Draper 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to succeed in the quarterfinals.

Draper edged Rublev 18-14 in aces, however Rublev gained a formidable 53 of 63 first-service factors (84.1 p.c). He overcame Draper saving 13 of his 17 break factors and capitalized on Draper’s 36 unforced errors.

The opposite Spherical of 16 match scheduled for Monday pits Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev towards No. 13 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia.

—Area Stage Media