{"id":81926,"date":"2026-09-07T09:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81926\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T09:43:35","slug":"alcaraz-breezes-into-last-eight-at-us-open-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81926\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcaraz breezes into last eight at US Open | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alcaraz hasn\u2019t dropped a single set in four matches at the US Open after a win over Tommy Paul in the last 16.<\/p>\n

Published On 6 Sep 20266 Sep 2026<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz beat American 20th seed Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in a high-voltage tennis hit-fest on Sunday to reach the US Open quarterfinals and remain firmly on track for back-to-back titles at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n

The seven-time Grand Slam champion hit top form in New York after nearly five months out with a right wrist injury, and extended his major match-winning streak to 18 with a stunning display of shotmaking against a fellow big-hitter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think I just played my game,\u201d Alcaraz said. \u201cI tried to play to my style. Tommy\u2019s such a talented player, and his shots are pretty dangerous, and it\u2019s difficult to control the ball when it comes to you. I was ready for a battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to be aggressive all the time \u2026 I did well to put pressure on his return, which helped me stay calm and to think clearly. I was really happy with the performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Spain'sSpain\u2019s Carlos Alcaraz in action during his round-of-16 match against Tommy Paul of the US [Robert Deutsch\/Reuters]<\/p>\n

Alcaraz\u2019s serve came under pressure in the third game when Paul fired an exquisite 161km\/hour (100 mph) forehand winner around the net that brought Arthur Ashe Stadium to its feet. Still, the Spaniard stood firm before striking late to snatch the opening set.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old left a vapour trail with a crosscourt winner to carve out an early opening in the second set and swiftly took a 2-0 lead, before trading breaks with Paul and breezing through the remaining games for a commanding lead.<\/p>\n

Even with much of the show-court crowd yearning for a home winner, second seed Alcaraz continued to steal the show with his audacious play, moving to the brink of improving his win-loss record against American players at the Grand Slams to 13-0.<\/p>\n

After shifting down to cruise mode, Alcaraz briefly flinched at the finish line, but he regrouped to deliver the knockout blow and set up a meeting with American Ben Shelton or Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in the next round.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz hit a rocket of a forehand to bring up match point, another sign that he was reaching the peak of his powers at a venue where he has thrived ever since his maiden Grand Slam triumph four years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think so,\u201d Alcaraz said when asked about being back to his best in New York, where he has reached the quarterfinals in five of his six appearances now.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows how special this place is to me; I\u2019m just enjoying myself on court here. It doesn\u2019t matter that I was out for over four months. Every time I come here, I play well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alcaraz hasn\u2019t dropped a single set in four matches at the US Open after a win over Tommy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[66,273,17,314,317,26,1180],"class_list":["post-81926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-europe","tag-news","tag-spain","tag-sport","tag-tennis","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}