Top seed Carlos Alcaraz zoomed into the quarter-finals of the Barcelona Open with a straight-set victory over Laslo Djere.
Spanish world number two Alcaraz, who triumphed at the Monte Carlo Masters last week, won 6-2 6-4 against Serbia’s unseeded Djere.
Alcaraz won the first five games and produced eight unanswered winners in a dominant first set.
The four-time Grand Slam winner suffered a blip in the second, falling 4-2 behind, before securing the final four games to triumph.
“After going 4-2 down in the second, I played a bit more like what my level is,” said Alcaraz.
“I am very happy that I could step up my level, and seem more like my best and I want to continue.”
The 21-year-old will play fifth seed Alex de Minaur in the quarterfinals on Friday after the Australian whipped Britain’s Jacob Fearnley.
