Spain’s Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz has breezed into the quarter-finals of the China Open in Beijing with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Lorenzo Musetti.
The top-seeded Spaniard hit 18 winners and broke the Italian’s serve 4 instances within the 81-minute rout on Sunday as he turned the primary participant to win 60 tour matches this season.
“Today was a perfect match for me,” Alcaraz stated. “You can improve and be better every day but I was proud of my tennis-playing this level. I played high quality, great shots and a great return game.”
Next up for Alcaraz is seventh-seeded Casper Ruud, who was taken the gap by Tomas Martin Etcheverry earlier than prevailing 1-6 7-5 7-6 (9-7) in a three-hour thriller.
Sixth seed Jannik Sinner had a 6-2 6-0 win over Yoshihito Nishioka to achieve his twelfth quarter-final of the season.
The Italian will play Grigor Dimitrov within the quarter-finals after the Bulgarian seemed spectacular in his 6-3 7-5 victory over third-seeded Holger Rune.
“I’m focusing on the level of my tennis. I’ve lost quite a few close matches this year against a few players like that, so I really wanted to step up my game a little bit more,” stated Dimitrov after his 92-minute win.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
