Alcaraz earned a large confidence enhance on Tuesday as he dominated Zverev of their round-of-16 conflict. The high seed outclassed the world No 16, dropping simply eight factors on his serve all through the 82-minute encounter.

And the win had significance for the 19-year-old, who mentioned he was relishing the possibility to check himself towards the German forward of their fifth profession assembly. After getting previous Zverev for the lack of simply three video games, the world No 2 defined that it felt irregular to supply such a dominant efficiency.

"Well for me it’s amazing to play the level that I played today," he mentioned after the match. "It’s been a question mark for me. This result is not normal for me."

Alcaraz continued: "I played great, I feel really good right now this match give me a lot of confidence." The nine-time title winner additionally admitted that he had been nervous forward of his showdown with Zverev.

"A little bit [of nerves] at the beginning honestly but I have to handle the nerves," he added. "The best players in the world handle the nerves really, really good and I want to be like them, trying not to show the opponent that I’m nervous.

"And I simply need to take pleasure in taking part in right here within the Caja Magica, in entrance of my dwelling crowd. It's been superb for me to play right here, so I simply take pleasure in each second." Alcaraz will now face Karen Khachanov after the tenth seed dispatched countryman Andrey Rublev earlier on Tuesday.