Carlos Alcaraz celebrates defeating Daniil Medvedev during the ATP finals of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, March 17, 2024 in Indian Wells, California. Carlos Alcaraz defeated Dutch player Talon Grikspoor 6-1, 6-2 at the China Open and won his 200th career tour victory.
The 21-year-old Alcaraz joins players born in the 2000s such as Jannik Sinner and Felix Auger-Aliassime in achieving the feat. The Spaniard scored 100% of his first serve points (23 out of 23 points) and took just 57 minutes to defeat Grikspur, who had 24 unforced errors and two winners.
In the quarter-finals, second seed Alcaraz will face Russia's Karen Khachanov, who was defeated by Argentina's Francesco 7-6 (4) and 7-6 (9). · Cerundolo was defeated. Seventh-seeded Khachanov prevailed despite making 22 unforced errors against 17 winners.
Chinese wild card player Bu Yunchaocott defeated Italian sixth seed Musetti 6-2, 6-4.
Top seed Sinner of Italy and third seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia will also compete in the quarterfinals in Beijing on Monday.
Japan Open
Sixth seed Holger Ruhn of Denmark eliminated local favorite Kei Nishikori 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the Tokyo quarterfinals.
Roone survived match point in a match against two-time Tokyo champion Kei Nishikori that lasted two hours and 16 minutes. Roone also converted four of nine break point opportunities but committed 46 unforced errors.
Also advancing to the semifinals were Czech player Tomas Mahak and French players Arthur Fels and Ugo Humbert.
Fiers beat eighth-seeded Ben Shelton 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2) in three hours of play. Fiers hit a total of 58 winners, 60 of 70 (a first-server winning rate of 86%). , with 49 unforced errors and a total of 34 winning points.
Machak defeated American Alex Michelson 7-6 (2), 6-3, while Humbert was a set and game behind Britain's Jack Draper He later advanced after withdrawing due to injury.
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