{"id":289509,"date":"2023-09-04T22:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T22:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289509"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:36:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T22:36:42","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-races-through-to-us-open-quarters-with-win-over-arnaldi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/tennis\/carlos-alcaraz-races-through-to-us-open-quarters-with-win-over-arnaldi\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz races through to US Open quarters with win over Arnaldi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Carlos Alcaraz races through to US Open quarter-finals with straight-sets win over Matteo Arnaldi<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carlos Alcaraz has not shown his best yet in New York but eased through again\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He has only dropped one set so far, and plays Zverev or Sinner in the QFs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the American Labor Day holiday, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz wasted little time in blowing past Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Through the first week of the season&#8217;s final Grand Slam, the world number one has been putting in routine shifts and has dropped only one set en route to the last eight.<\/p>\n<p>But the second week is the business end of a Grand Slam when the draw has thinned and serious contenders surfaced.<\/p>\n<p>In Alcaraz&#8217;s rear view mirror are relative unknowns, like Arnaldi and Dominik Koepfer, but ahead of him lurk familiar danger men such as Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz has not shown his best yet on the New York hardcourts but like a hot Wall Street stock is trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/21\/75054695-12480161-image-a-1_1693859930155.jpg\" height=\"501\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz revels in the crowd&#8217;s applause after sealing victory at the US Open on Monday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/21\/75054693-12480161-image-a-9_1693859967902.jpg\" height=\"445\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Matteo Arnaldi proved no match for the dominant world No 1 in the fourth round in New York<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/21\/75054689-12480161-image-a-10_1693859970396.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz is yet to play his best tennis in the Big Apple but has made light work of his opponents<\/p>\n<p>There have been a few hiccups and lapses but the 20-year-old&#8217;s raw talent, power and a repertoire of weapons make him the man to beat and on track for another showdown with arch rival Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>Under a closed roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium, Alcaraz was solid from start against a man who was playing in the Flushing Meadows main draw for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>It took a few games for Alcaraz to size up his opponent but once the Spaniard did, it was pretty much one way traffic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/21\/75054691-12480161-image-a-11_1693859977037.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz reacts to missing a return during the match, which lasted just an hour and 57 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz took charge with a break for a 4-2 lead in the first set and then broke again at the start of the second to find himself 2-0 up.<\/p>\n<p>The feisty Italian would have his moment in the third set, breaking Alcaraz at 2-1 but the Spaniard would immediately break back and then again to seal victory.<\/p>\n<p>He will next face either Italian sixth seed Sinner or 12th seeded German Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12480161\/Carlos-Alcaraz-races-Open-quarter-finals-straight-sets-win-Matteo-Arnaldi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz races through to US Open quarter-finals with straight-sets win over Matteo Arnaldi Carlos Alcaraz has not shown his best yet in New York but eased through again\u00a0 He has only dropped one set so far, and plays Zverev or Sinner in the QFs DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0 On the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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