NEW YORK :Second seed Carlos Alcaraz put on a show for the crowd with a convincing 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4 win over France's Arthur Rinderknech in the U.S. Open fourth round on Sunday, in his latest demolition job on Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Alcaraz gave fans a fright with a medical timeout due to knee pain in the third round but had no issues on Sunday, zipping around the court in the daytime match to extinguish his opponent's hopes with 36 winners and just 11 unforced errors.
He will next play Czech 20th seed Jiri Lehecka.
"The energy is special playing the day session, playing the night session, it doesn't matter," said the five-times major winner. "That's why I just play my best tennis here in New York."
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