The Spaniard is also the youngest to reach this stage in New York since Brazilian Thomaz Koch in 1963, five years before the sport turned professional, when the tournament was known as the U.S. Championships. Alcaraz, who is 18 years and four months old, is eight days younger than Andre Agassi when the American reached the 1988 U.S. Open quarter-finals and semi-finals, according to U.S. Open stats. NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player in the Open era to reach the quarter-finals of the men’s tournament at Flushing Meadows after the 18-year-old Spaniard beat Germany’s Peter Gojowczyk 5-7 6-1 5-7 6-2 6-0 on Sunday. Next up for the Spaniard is either American Frances Tiafoe or 12th-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. (Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford )

Source: National Post September 06, 2021 01:30 UTC