BASEL (AP) – Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz (pic below, AP) eased into the quarterfinals at the Swiss Indoors by beating Botic van de Zandchulp 6-4, 6-2 yesterday.
The 19-year-old Spaniard clin-ched the win with his only ace in a second-round match where he had 20 winners and made just nine unforced errors.
Alcaraz’s serve was broken once and he trailed 2-0 in the second set before reeling off six straight games against the 35th-ranked Dutchman. Third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime was on court before Alcaraz in a first-round match and won 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 against Swiss wild-card entry Marc-Andrea Huesler.
Two seeded players lost their first-round matches, with Alex de Minaur falling 6-2, 7-5 against 25th-ranked teenager Holger Rune.
