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 at first of the third but it surely was shortly snuffed out as Alcaraz raced to victory in beneath two hours.
Unseeded Arnaldi, 61st on the earth, put out Aussie Jason Kubler within the second spherical and British No.16 seed Cameron Norrie within the final 16, however Alcaraz was a distinct matter
“I think the intensity from the beginning until the last ball pleased me,” mentioned 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 yr and slipped from a rating of 38, in January, to outdoors the highest 100.
A shoulder downside noticed him miss Wimbledon and in addition threatened his participation at Flushing Meadows.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
