Carlos Alcaraz has wasted little time in seeing off Matteo Arnaldi to march into the quarter-finals on the US Open.
The defending champion and world No.1 was a complete 6-3 6-3 6-4 winner inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The Italian 22-year-old did handle a break in the beginning of the third however it was shortly snuffed out as Alcaraz raced to victory in below two hours.
Unseeded Arnaldi, 61st on this planet, put out Aussie Jason Kubler within the second spherical and British No.16 seed Cameron Norrie within the final 16, however Alcaraz was a unique matter
“I think the intensity from the beginning until the last ball pleased me,” stated the 20-year-old Wimbledon champion.
“I played a really solid match, less mistakes, I played my game. I’m really happy with the performance.”
Jack Draper’s breakthrough run on the US Open additionally got here to an finish on Monday after a four-set defeat by Russian Andrey Rublev.
The British No.4, within the second week of a grand slam for the primary time, fell 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 to eighth seed Rublev.
Draper, 21, has endured an injury-hit 12 months and slipped from a rating of 38, in January, to outdoors the highest 100.
A shoulder drawback noticed him miss Wimbledon and in addition threatened his participation at Flushing Meadows.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
