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Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz are scheduled to meet in the US Open quarter-finals after straight-sets fourth-round wins. This is a pre-match assessment of the reported matchup, not a result or an odds model.
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Ben Shelton and Carlos Alcaraz are scheduled to meet in the US Open quarter-finals after straight-sets fourth-round wins. This is a pre-match assessment of the reported matchup, not a result or an odds model.
For the American challenger, the route to an upset also runs through the points that continue after the first explosive shot.
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For the American challenger, the route to an upset also runs through the points that continue after the first explosive shot.
For the American challenger, the route to an upset also runs through the points that continue after the first explosive shot.