# Tennis: Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz has set up a blockbuster quarterfinal clash against Ben Shelton at the US Open. The Spaniard beat American 20th seed Tommy Paul, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, while American eighth seed Ben Shelton defeated Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas. Another local, Frances Tiafoe, dispatched 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia. In the women’s draw, two-time defending champion Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka beat American Taylor Townsend, 6-4, 6-3, to reach a sixth straight US Open quarterfinal. She will face Wimbledon champion Czech Linda Noskova, who overcame Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk.
Tennis: Alcaraz-Shelton quarterfinal showdown, as Medvedev is knocked out of the US Open