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Ben Shelton defeated Carlos Alcaraz 6(5)-7(7), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7(10)-6(7) — US Open 2026 Quarterfinal.
Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz: Carlos Alcaraz leads 2–1 across 3 recorded meetings.
The error column separated them. Alcaraz piled up 53 unforced errors to Shelton's 35, 17 of them in a second set where the defending champion's first-serve points won fell to 46 percent and the eighth seed broke in game 3 for 2-1 and game 5 for 4-1. The fifth produced no breaks at all. Alcaraz, who out-hit him 38 winners to 34 and still lost the points count 168-164, saved a match point in the deciding tiebreak before Shelton closed it after four hours and 28 minutes. That is his first win over Alcaraz on record and the highest-ranked of his career, a rung above his wins over No. 4-ranked Sinner and Fritz; the US Open defense is finished.