Alcaraz will compete against Jiri Lehecka in the quarterfinals. The twentieth Czech placed in four sets by Adrian Mannarino from France won: 7-6 (4) 6-4 2-6 6-2.
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Alcaraz set a record. He is 22 years old and is already in his career for the last eight of a major for the thirteenth time. No player in the professional age (since 1968). Alcaraz has already won five grand slam tournaments.
The Spaniard won the US Open in 2022. Last year he was eliminated in the second round by Botic van de Zandschulp. In the first three games against the American Reilly Opelka and the Italians Mattia Bellucci and Luciano Darderi, he always won in three sets.
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula has reached the quarterfinals on the US Open. The fourth-placed American won on Flushing Meadows in two sets of her compatriot Ann Li: 6-1 6-2.
The 31-year-old Pegula lost the final in New York of Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus last year. She made few mistakes against Li, the number 58 of the WTA ranking. In the first set she lost her own storage once, but she won that of her opponent four times. In the second set she had enough of two breaks.
In the quarterfinals, Pegula will compete against the winner of the game between Barbora Krejcikova from the Czech Republic and the American Taylor Townsend.
Demi Schuurs
Demi Schuurs has qualified for the third round of the doubles. With her American double partner Asia Muhammad, Schuurs defeated the duo Giuliana Olmos from Mexico and Anna Siskova from the Czech Republic in two sets: 7-6 (4) 6-1.
In the third round, Schuurs and Muhammad Anna Danilina from Kazakhstan and Aleksandra Krunic from Serbia meet.
