The 21-year-old received the spherical of 16 towards Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime on Sunday following 2 hours and 19 minutes with 6:3, 6:3, 6:1. Within the quarter-finals, the world quantity three will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas once more, as he did final 12 months, who had simply beforehand eradicated Italian Matteo Arnaldi with 3:6, 7:6(4), 6:2, 6:2 following preliminary difficulties.
“I am pleased with my efficiency right this moment and performed at a excessive degree with none ups and downs,” mentioned Alcaraz, summing up the motion on the courtroom. Within the head-to-head with Azuger-Aliassime he has now equalized at 3:3. He feels higher from coaching to coaching and match to match. “As well as, the historical past of this courtroom makes it simpler to play and discover your 100%.”
The massive Actual Madrid fan adopted his group’s Champions League triumph the evening earlier than, in addition to the primary one and a half units of the Djokovic match. “Then I had to fall asleep,” he mentioned with amusing, referring to the late end result of the Serb’s match.
Title candidate
Alcaraz is without doubt one of the main title contenders alongside world primary Novak Djokovic, Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner and German Alexander Zverev. Sinner performed towards Frenchman Corentin Moutet, who defeated Sebastian Ofner, on Sunday night for a quarter-final ticket.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff had already certified for the final eight within the ladies’s competitors. The 23-year-old Pole confirmed a present of energy and swept the overwhelmed Russian Anastasia Potapova off the courtroom 6:0,6:0 in 40 minutes. Third-ranked Coco Gauff wanted simply 20 minutes longer to beat the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6:1,6:2. The Czech Marketa Vondrousova (No. 5) superior with a 6:4,6:2 win towards the Serbian Olga Danilovic.
“It ended in a short time, which is fairly unusual,” mentioned Swiatek following the match. “I used to be simply centered and within the tunnel.” The Roland Garros winner of 2020, 2022 and 2023 is now unbeaten in 18 matches in a row at this Grand Slam, and her duel for a spot within the semifinals shall be towards Vondrousova. Swiatek is at the moment on a streak of 16 consecutive victories. The American Gauff will now play both towards Ons Jabeur (TUN-8) or Clara Tauson (DEN).
