Alcaraz, who is 18 years and four months old, is eight days younger than Andre Agassi when the American reached the 1988 US Open quarterfinals and semifinals.
Carlos Alcaraz becomes youngest player to reach Open era Men’s tournament quarterfinals The 18-year-old Spaniard beat Germany’s Peter Gozowski 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 6-0 at Flushing Meadows on Sunday.
Alcaraz, who is 18 years and four months old, is eight days younger than Andre Agassi when American players reached the quarterfinals and semifinals of the 1988 US Open, according to US Open data.
The Spaniard is the youngest player to reach this level in New York since Brazilian Thomaz coached in 1963, five years before the sport turned professional, when the tournament was known as the US Championship.
Gozowski, 14 years older than Alcaraz and playing in the fourth round of a major for the first time, made a fine start to take the lead in the first set, but his thigh injury hindered him and led to a medical timeout in the middle of the fourth.
The German fought hard, but the match faded badly, laboring behind the baseline, Alcaraz closed the match with a bagel in the decider, sealing the victory in three hours, 31 minutes when Gojowski. sent a forehand sailing long.
Alcaraz smashed 35 winners and seven aces to score 15 points in the net, feeding the energy of the vocal crowd on the grandstand, while his opponent ended the match with 84 unforced errors.
Next up for the Spaniard is either American Francis Tiafoe or 12th-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassim.
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