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Carlos Alcaraz is into his sixth Grand Slam quarter-final| Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Dates: 28 August-10 September |
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Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the US Open quarter-finals with a straight-set triumph implicit Matteo Arnaldi connected Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Spanish apical effect Alcaraz registered a 6-3 6-3 6-4 triumph implicit the Italian satellite fig 61.
Wimbledon champion Alcaraz volition adjacent look either sixth effect Jannik Sinner oregon Alexander Zverev, seeded 12th, who play each different aboriginal connected Monday.
Earlier, Britain's Jack Draper was beaten by Russian Andrey Rublev.
Rublev volition adjacent play either chap Russian Daniil Medvedev oregon Alex de Minaur of Australia, with the brace playing successful the nighttime league astatine Flushing Meadows.
Alcaraz ends Arnaldi's imagination run
Alcaraz was formidable connected Louis Armstrong, hitting 31 winners arsenic helium booked his spot successful the quarter-finals with a 1 hr and 59 infinitesimal win.
The 20-year-old, who bushed British fig 2 Dan Evans successful the 3rd round, broke midway done the archetypal acceptable and served retired the opener to love.
Arnaldi, 22 and playing successful his archetypal Grand Slam 4th round, was past breached successful the archetypal crippled of the 2nd acceptable arsenic Alcaraz continued to dominate.
The US Open debutant has had a imagination tally this fortnight, beating British fig 1 Cameron Norrie past clip out, but a daze against two-time large victor Alcaraz ever looked a measurement excessively far.
The satellite fig 61 did get a interruption of his ain to instrumentality a 2-1 pb successful the 3rd acceptable but was instantly breached backmost and, trailing 5-4, was incapable to clasp service to enactment successful the match.
Alcaraz has present won 15 of his past 16 matches astatine the US Open and is simply a beardown favourite to support his title.
"When I won Wimbledon I said I'd fallen successful emotion with the grass," helium said aft his triumph implicit Arnaldi.
"I'm truly comfy with the 3 surfaces but close present the hard tribunal is my favourite one."
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