Carlos Alcaraz defeated Arthur Rinderknech with touches of brilliance to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open.
Spanish superstar Alcaraz took a three-set victory, 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-4, in their fourth-round clash, setting up a meeting with Jiri Lehecka in the last eight at Flushing Meadows.
Alcaraz might have a severe new haircut but he played with exuberance to overcome a potentially dangerous opponent.
Take a look at Carlos Alcaraz’s unique warm up routine
Rinderknech may have a lowly world ranking of 82, but matched Alcaraz for most of the first set. The two stayed on serve, with the Frenchman playing confidently.
But stunning shots from Alcaraz still illuminated the first set. He secured the fourth game with an incredible point. First Alcaraz tapped the ball up high, Rinderknech smashed it back at him and, on the run, Alcaraz swung his racket behind his back not only clearing the net but landing the winning shot.
Going game for game in the first set carried them into a tie-breaker. It was Rinderknech who got the first mini-break. But that triggered Alcaraz to go up another gear. After a double fault from the Frenchman, Alcaraz flicked a brilliant return across the court away from Rinderknech to get his own mini-break.
He stormed on from there to seal the tie-break 7-3 and win the first set.
Hunting for a break in the second set, Alcaraz played a brilliant game. He pumped a forehand past Rinderknech to win a rally and rushed forward to pick up a drop shot, sending the Frenchman the wrong way in the process. He converted the second of three break points, beating Rinderknech with an overarm smash.
Watch this outrageous behind-the-back shot from Alcaraz
He had to fight to consolidate that break, expertly defending two break points against him in the next game. Rinderknech remained stubborn, but was running out of ideas to foil Alcaraz. An attempted underarm serve flopped tamely into the net and Alcaraz made sure of the second set.
Alcaraz again turned on the brilliance when he needed it to seal a break when they were 4-4 in the third set.
Rinderknech landed a fine backhand smash, but Alcaraz charged after it and unleashed another cracking forehand to win his second point against Rinderknech’s serve. Another fantastic forehand gave him three break points. Rinderknech defended the first, but Alcaraz put away the second to serve for the match.
Rinderknech hopped helplessly beneath a magnificent Alcaraz lob as the Spaniard moved 30-0 ahead in the final game. Victory looked inevitable and Rinderknech hit a service return into the net to send Alcaraz on to the quarterfinals.
‘I got the good rhythm’
“At the beginning of the first set, it was tight. We didn’t have great points in the first set and it didn’t mean we were serving good because the percentage was really, really bad from both,” Alcaraz said afterwards.
“I just got the good rhythm from the second set, and into good positions for the return. I tried to make the most of the opportunities he brought to the match. He gave me not too many.
“But I’m just really happy that at those points, I just played really good tennis, aggressive, that I really enjoyed.”
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