NEW YORK/STARNBERG, September 3, 2023
World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz booked his spot in the fourth round of the US Open following a hard-fought 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Briton Daniel Evans on Saturday afternoon. In a high-quality and hugely entertaining match, the defending champion from Spain struck 61 winners and broke his rival’s serve six times to prevail after three hours and 11 minutes.
“He’s a tricky opponent. He always wants to go to the net. Great slices, good touch,” said Alcaraz of Evans in his on-court interview. “I think this is my game as well, so we played a pretty good match. I think the people loved that. We made great points, great shots, a lot of different situations probably than in other matches. I’m really happy to get through and play the fourth round again in the US Open.”
The 20-year-old from Murcia will next take on #NextGenATP Italian Matteo Arnaldi, who knocked off No. 16 seed Cameron Norrie of Great Britain 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. It will be a first meeting between the Arnaldi and Alcaraz, who is trying to become the first player to defend the men’s singles crown at the US Open since Roger Federer in 2008.
Carlos Alcaraz wants to follow in Roger Federer’s footsteps and defend the title for the first time since Federer. pic.twitter.com/ctEdNunr5O
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 2, 2023
On Louis Armstrong Stadium, Alexander Zverev demonstrated his exceptional fitness at Flushing Meadows. The top-ranked German showed that he is back in the absolute top tier of tennis when it comes to physical endurance. Zverev outlasted Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-7(2), 7-6(8), 6-1, 6-1 in three hours and 40 minutes.
In the round of 16, Zverev is set to face Jannik Sinner of Italy on Monday, who also prevailed in four sets against Swiss veteran Stan Wawrinka.
In other men’s action, third-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev defeated Sebastian Baez of Argentina 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(6) to advance against Australia’s Alex de Minaur in the fourth round.
Week 2 is set.
THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD. pic.twitter.com/N5LJxMGnhY
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 3, 2023
