Electrifying display sees Alcaraz storm into the US Open quarter-finals

[p]The seven-time Grand Slam champion has 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][embed guid="bbf8a7d1-2e01-4418-8d42-e97b2b12a01c" url="https://x.com/usopen/status/2096699704289435680" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Alcaraz[/a]'s ‌serve came under pressure in the third game ​when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paul-tommy/pd3ye1BS/"]Paul[/a] fired an exquisite 100 mph forehand winner around the net that ​brought Arthur Ashe Stadium to its feet, but the Spaniard stood firm before striking late ⁠to snatch ​the opening set.[/p][p]The 23-year-old left a vapour trail with a cross-court 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][p]Even with much of the showcourt crowd yearning for a home winner, second seed Alcaraz continued to steal the show with his audacious play and moved to the brink of improving his ‌win-loss record against American players at the ​Grand Slams to 13-0.[/p][p]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 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shelton-ben/QNuG0Gzb/"]Ben Shelton[/a] or Greek [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tsitsipas-stefanos/hb6oWfc6/"]⁠Stefanos Tsitsipas[/a] in ⁠the next round.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/alcaraz-garfia-c-UkhgIFEq/paul-t-pd3ye1BS/?mid=61xrbBKU"]Click here for more on the match[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key stats" id="a26baf71-c8e5-417d-914e-13bcfba97be3" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="5d3d227c-0c5c-495f-8ef5-3c81b6f4de67" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]