Carlos Alcaraz Beats Lorenzo Musetti, Powers Into French Open Quarter-Finals

05.06.2023 - 08:24 sports.ndtv.com

World number one Carlos Alcaraz crushed Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday and move a step closer to a blockbuster showdown with Novak Djokovic.

Alcaraz fired 42 winners and broke seven times as he made light work of Italian 17th seed Musetti, who had won their only previous encounter last year on clay.

The Spaniard, the reigning US Open champion, has won his past 11 Grand Slam matches and is through to the last eight at Roland Garros for the second year in a row. "I think I played such a great level, really high quality of shots.

I played a really complete match from the first ball until the last and I'm pretty happy to get through this tough round," said Alcaraz. "I try not to think about the number one (ranking), the pressure, winning the tournament.

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