2023-09-05 06:45:00
The German Olympic champion and Jannik Sinner play the next and by far the toughest opponent of the only 20-year-old model athlete on Tuesday night (live scoring).
Alcaraz is definitely the favorite – even if he beat the brave world number 61. Arnaldi, who had never made it through the second round of a Grand Slam tournament before, had yet to show his best tennis.
The Spaniard was nevertheless satisfied with his “performance” under the closed roof of the Arthur Ashe Stadium. “I played a very solid match and made few mistakes, so I’m very satisfied,” he said: “I have to say that hard court is my favorite surface at the moment, even though I fell in love with grass at Wimbledon.”
He said of his possible quarter-final opponents: “It will be a great match. Sascha plays well, Jannik too. It will be very close, I’ll definitely look into it. And no matter who I play against – it will be a difficult quarter-final. “
Alcaraz doesn’t care about Break
The world number one – his Serbian rival Novak Djokovic, who he can only meet in the final, will replace Alcaraz in first place after the US Open – played very concentrated for two sets and had Arnaldi, who was two years his senior, largely under control.
At the beginning of the third round, Alcaraz suffered a weak phase and conceded the break to make it 1: 2. The audience in the largest tennis arena in the world, Arthur Ashe, which seats around 23,000 spectators, was enthusiastic and longed for a fourth set.
But Alcaraz, who could become the youngest two-time US Open champion in history, quickly pulled himself together. Unlike in round three against Brit Daniel Evans, he did not lose a set.
Rublev in a Major quarterfinal for the ninth time
Andrey Rublev is also in the quarterfinals. The eighth seeded Russian defeated the surprise knockout round Jack Draper (Great Britain) 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, 6:4.
Rublev is in a career in a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the ninth time, but has never reached the next round there.
In 2023 he already failed at the Australian Open and Wimbledon in this tournament phase. In the round of the last eight Rublev meets either his compatriot Daniil Medvedev (No. 3) or the Australian Alex de Minaur (No. 13). Rublev has a negative record against both (2:5, 1:3).
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