AFP, New York :
Carlos Alcaraz dug deep for the best tennis of his career when it mattered most and the 18-year-old Spaniard was rewarded with a dream upset of third-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Alcaraz reached his first Grand Slam fourth round by upsetting the Greek star 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 0-6, 7-6 (7/5) on Friday at the US Open. “I have not words to explain how I’m feeling right now,” Alcaraz said. “I just don’t know what happened out there in the court. I can’t believe I beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in an epic match.
“For me, it’s a dream come true.”
Alcaraz is the youngest man in the US Open last 16 since 17-year-old American Michael Chang in 1989 and at any Slam since Ukraine’s Andrei Medvedev in the 1992 French Open. He became the youngest man to beat a top-3 player at the US Open since the rankings began in 1973.
“In the beginning of the fifth set, I had to play really aggressive, the best tennis I’ve played. Was really tough for me,” Alcaraz said.
“I didn’t give up. I believed in me in the last point. He was serving really well. I had to be aggressive until the last point. I did it. Was really good.”
