The third seed Carlos Alcaraz will compete in his third consecutive Roland Garros quarter-final. The Spaniard confronted Felix Auger-Aliassime within the fourth spherical on Court docket Philippe-Chatrier and scored a rock-solid 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 triumph in two hours and 20 minutes.

Alcaraz is enjoying nicely in Paris after scuffling with a proper arm damage for almost two months, and he should preserve that degree in opposition to Stefanos Tsitsipas within the quarter-final. Carlos claimed 27 factors greater than Felix, outplaying him in each division and passing a formidable impediment in type.

The Spaniard outplayed the Canadian on the primary and second serve. Alcaraz clinched virtually half of the return factors and turned them into six breaks from 16 alternatives. Auger-Aliassime earned 5 break factors and seized just one, ending his run within the fourth spherical.

World no. 3 managed the tempo and fired 34 winners and 24 unforced errors.

Auger-Aliassime landed 14 direct factors and 39 errors, lacking too many groundstrokes and dropping the sting within the shortest exchanges as much as 4 strokes.

The Canadian fired a robust forehand within the first sport of the encounter, creating two break factors. He painted a backhand down the road winner on the primary, forging an early benefit. Felix missed a routine forehand within the second sport, providing Carlos a break probability.

The Spaniard transformed it after the rival’s backhand mistake, pulling the break again and getting his identify on the scoreboard. Alcaraz served nicely within the third sport and closed it at love with a drop shot winner. World no. 3 pushed robust on the return, creating three break probabilities in sport 4.

Felix denied them and held after Carlos’ backhand error, locking the end result at 2-2 after 20 minutes. Alcaraz held at 30 in sport 5, and Auger-Aliassime adopted that tempo with a service winner within the subsequent one.

Carlos Alcaraz is thru to his third straight Roland Garros quarter-final.

The Canadian missed a backhand within the seventh sport and skilled points behind the preliminary shot within the subsequent one.

Felix sprayed a backhand error, dealing with three break factors. The Canadian denied them earlier than dealing with the fourth after sending one other backhand vast. The Spaniard attacked and landed a volley winner, delivering a break and opening a 5-3 benefit.

World no. 3 served for the opener in sport 9 and created a set level with a artful half-volley winner. Alcaraz seized it with a service winner, forging a 6-3 benefit after 46 minutes and gaining a lift. Each gamers created 4 break probabilities within the second set.

The Spaniard performed higher within the decisive moments, securing a few breaks and transferring nearer to the end line. Felix closed the opening sport of the second set with a service winner, and Carlos locked the end result at 1-1 after the rival’s wild forehand.

The Canadian produced one other effective maintain within the third sport, firing a booming serve and transferring 2-1 in entrance. The Spaniard positioned a backhand vast within the fourth sport, providing his rival a break probability.

Alcaraz denied it with a serve & volley combo earlier than embracing a few deuces. The Spaniard lastly held with a winner on the internet, leveling the rating at 2-2. Carlos created three break probabilities within the fifth sport and cracked an ideal backhand down the road winner for a break and the benefit.

The Canadian acquired a medical timeout and earned three break factors within the sixth sport. Alcaraz denied them and wrapped up the sport with a service winner that despatched him 4-2 in entrance. Auger-Aliassime decreased the deficit with a maintain in sport seven earlier than world no.

3 painted a forehand winner within the subsequent one for 5-3, forcing his opponent to serve to remain within the set. Carlos landed a drop shot winner in sport 9, producing three set factors.

The youthful participant seized the second with a backhand crosscourt winner, transferring 6-3, 6-3 in entrance after an hour and 40 minutes.

Carried by this enhance, Alcaraz barely misplaced some extent behind the preliminary shot within the third set, conserving the stress on the opposite aspect. Auger-Aliassime cracked below it, struggling back-to-back breaks and hitting the exit door.

The Spaniard held at 15 within the first sport and got here from 40-15 down within the subsequent one to create a break probability. Carlos sprayed it with a backhand error however transformed the second after Felix’s forehand mistake, transferring 2-0 up and nearer to the end line.

Alcaraz landed a forehand crosscourt winner within the third sport, cementing the lead and opening a 3-0 benefit in opposition to the rival who did really feel nicely bodily. Carlos generated two break factors within the fourth sport, claiming the second after Felix’s volley error and growing the hole.

The Spaniard held at 15 within the fifth sport, forcing the Canadian to serve to remain within the match. Auger-Aliassime averted a bagel, lowering the deficit to 5-1 earlier than Alcaraz sealed the take care of a volley winner in sport seven, reserving a spot within the final eight.