US Open 2023: Carlos Alcaraz makes quick work of Arnaldi, Medvedev gets ‘early’ win to reach US Open quarters | Tennis News
On the American Labour Day holiday, U.S. Open defending champion Carlos Alcaraz went to work and eased past Italian Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-3 6-4 on Monday to reach the quarter-finals.
Through the first week of the season’s final Grand Slam, the world number one has been putting in routine shifts and dropped only one set en route to the last eight.
But the second week is the business end of a Grand Slam when the draw has thinned out and serious contenders surface.
Alcaraz has not shown his best yet on the New York hardcourts but like a hot Wall Street stock the Spaniard is trending in the right direction. There have been a few hiccups and lapses but the 20-year-old’s raw talent, power and repertoire of weapons make him the man to beat and he is on track for another showdown with arch rival Novak Djokovic.Most Read
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After two late-night matches at Flushing Meadows third seed Daniil Medvedev finally finished work ‘early’ on Monday taming Australian Alex de Minaur 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 to move into the U.S. Open quarter-finals for the fourth time in five years.
Medvedev soars ahead
Medvedev has been working the graveyard shift at the U.S. Open, with his previous two matches starting one day and ending early the next, but after a sluggish start he stepped into high gear to speed past 13th seeded De Minaur.
Medvedev, the 2021 champion, led their head-to-head meetings 4-2 coming into the match but the Australian had won their last two contests, including a straight sets quarter-final win at the Canadian Open tune-up event.
