Carlos Alcaraz reached the quarter-finals on the Qatar Open with a straight-sets victory over Valentin Royer.
The world No 1, in his first event since finishing the profession Grand Slam on the Australian Open, clinched the primary set 6-2 however needed to climate a second-set fightback from his French opponent earlier than progressing 7-5.
The victory noticed Alcaraz prolong his outside hard-court profitable streak to 27 matches.
“I needed to be ready for every part,” Alcaraz mentioned on Sky Sports activities Tennis.
“There have been some moments the place a small a part of my thoughts thought of a 3rd set, however the remaining was working to search out options.
“I am actually happy and completely satisfied to search out good rhythm and tennis once more.”
Alcaraz progresses by means of to a fifty fifth ATP Tour quarter-final and can play Russian Karen Khachanov, who overcame Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-2 4-6 6-4 within the second spherical.
“It is an amazing quantity,” the 22-year-old added. “I am not pondering of the variety of quarter-finals, I take into consideration the variety of finals, that is my mindset and aim.”
Sinner into Qatar quarters
Second seed Jannik Sinner defeated Australia’s Alexei Popyrin in straight units to e-book his place within the quarter-finals.
The Italian made mild work of his opponent, prevailing 6-3 7-5 in a single hour and 25 minutes to arrange a last-eight tie towards Jakub Mensik of Czechia.
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