World No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz brought his A-game against Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime on Court Philippe-Chatrier to advance to the Roland Garros 2024quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 win on Sunday. The Spaniard wrapped up the match in two hours and 20 minutes as he dominated from start to end.

The youngster was delighted with his performance and said he maintained a high level of tennis throughout the match. With this win, Alcaraz equaled the H2H against the Canadian at 3-3.

“I am really happy with my performance today,” Alcaraz said. “I think I played a really high level of tennis. Really focused, no ups and downs in the match. That is something I am working on. I am really happy with everything, my serve, my movement, my shots. I know that Felix is a great player and playing great tennis. The Head2Head he was up and I was looking forward to being equal with him. I am really happy to get the win in the end.”

The two-time Grand Slam came up with clean hitting from the baseline and Felix had no answers against his opponent. Alcaraz said he feels more confident in longer rallies.

“I think I had to put as many returns in as I could and getting in the rallies,” Alcaraz said. “I feel strong in the rallies, playing five, six, seven shots in every point. I was going to have my chances to break his serve and to be with a good intensity in the match and I think that helped me get a good rhythm, to get my good tennis and to beat him.”

Alcaraz will next play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarters and the Spaniard is looking forward to facing the Greek.

​​”I am really looking forward to playing this match,” Alcaraz said on facing Tsitsipas. “I love this kind of challenge, these matches. I have seen a lot of matches lately from Stefanos and I know he is playing great and has a lot of confidence right now. But I think I have the key against him so will try to put the shots that put him in trouble. I will try to show my best.”

Alcaraz will be in action on Tuesday.