China Open: Carlos Alcaraz Advance into quarter finals with victory over Italian Lorenzo Musetti

Carlos Alcaraz swept past Lorenzo Musetti in the Round of 16 at the ATP China Open to secure his place in the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-2 victory.

World No. 2 Alcaraz faced qualifier Yannick Hanfmann in the first round of the ATP 500 event, defeating the World No. 53 in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Meanwhile, World No. 18 Musetti moved past newly-crowned Zhuhai championships victor Karen Khachanov with more difficulty, losing the second set before coming back in the decider to win 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.

The Italian led their head-to-head 1-0 ahead of this match, having ousted the two-time Grand Slam champion in the final of the 2022 Hamburg Open after a three-set battle. However, today could not have been more different with Alcaraz confidently controlling the match throughout.

The 20-year-old Spaniard beat German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of the Beijing tournament.

In the previous round of the Beijing tournament, Musetti, ranked No 18, won against Russian Karen Khachanov (6-3, 1-6, 6-2).

Next up for Alcaraz is seventh-seeded Casper Ruud, who was taken the distance by Tomas Martin Etcheverry 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7) in a three-hour thriller.

Later Sunday, third-seeded Holger Rune plays Grigor Dimitrov and sixth-seeded Jannik Sinner faces Yoshihito Nishioka.