21-year-old Alcaraz reached the Paris semifinals last year, where eventual champion Novak Djokovic defeated him, and also defeated Korda at the same stage in the clay major in 2022
Two-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz defeated Sebastian Korda in straight sets to reach the last 16 of the French Open for a third successive year.
The Wimbledon defending champion, playing for the night session for the first time this year at Roland Garros, dispatched the American 27th seed 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 to set a round of 16 clash against the winner between another American player Ben Shelton, seeded 15th, and Canada’s 21st seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, with the pair’s match was interrupted by the rain when Auger-Aliassime led by 5-4 in the first set, reported Xinhua
Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi delivered the biggest upset of the day as the unseeded player toppled 6th seed Andrey Rublev to reach the round of 16 at Roland Garros for the first time.
Over three impressive sets in which he barely stumbled, the 23-year-old handed Rublev his second straight third-round exit in Paris, 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-4.
It was the first victory over a top 20 opponent on clay or a top 10 rival at a major for the world No.35.
