Carlos Alcaraz continues his quest to become the youngest ever to complete the career Grand Slam on Wednesday after his send round victory at the ongoing Australian Open 2025.
The 21-year-old Spaniard and World No.3 dropped just five games as he brilliantly defeated Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 in 81 minutes to book his spot in the third round.
Alcaraz lost just four points in a lightning-quick opening set and won the first nine games before his opponent held for the first time.
“I think the less time you spend on the court at the Grand Slams, especially at the beginning of the other tournament, I think it’s going to be better, especially physically,” Alcaraz said post-match. “I’m feeling great. I just tried to be focused on spending as little time as I can.”
Extending his perfect record against lefties at the Grand Slams to 8-0, Alcaraz clinched victory in one hour, 22 minutes. He hit 14 aces and advanced without facing a break point, according to Infosys Stats — after facing four break points in his straight-sets opening win against Alexander Shevchenko.
“I’m really happy with the serve today,” assessed Alcaraz, who wrote “Am I a serve bot?” on the camera lens. “This is something that I worked on in the preseason. In the first round I struggled a little bit, so I wasn’t too happy with the serve. Yesterday I was more focused on practising the serve. I spent more time just serving with Juan Carlos [Ferrero], with my team, and it’s something that I really want to be better. So I’m just glad that today it worked pretty well. Hopefully in the next round it is going to be better.”
After improving to 2-0 in his ATP Head to head meeting against Nishioka, Alcaraz will next face Portugal’s Nuno Borges, who upset 27th seed Jordan Thompson 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 later on Wednesday. The No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings is bidding to become the youngest man in history to complete the career Grand Slam this fortnight.
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