Carlos Alcaraz has wasted little time in seeing off Matteo Arnaldi to march into the quarter-finals at the US Open.
The defending champion and world No.1 was a comprehensive 6-3 6-3 6-4 winner inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The Italian 22-year-old did manage a break at the start of the third but it was quickly snuffed out as Alcaraz raced to victory in under two hours.
Unseeded Arnaldi, 61st in the world, put out Aussie Jason Kubler in the second round and British No.16 seed Cameron Norrie in the last 16, but Alcaraz was a different matter
“I think the intensity from the beginning until the last ball pleased me,” said the 20-year-old Wimbledon champion.
“I played a really solid match, less mistakes, I played my game. I’m really happy with the performance.”
Jack Draper’s breakthrough run at the US Open also came to an end on Monday after a four-set defeat by Russian Andrey Rublev.
The British No.4, in the second week of a grand slam for the first time, fell 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 to eighth seed Rublev.
Draper, 21, has endured an injury-hit year and slipped from a ranking of 38, in January, to outside the top 100.
A shoulder problem saw him miss Wimbledon and also threatened his participation at Flushing Meadows.
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