Tennis-Top seed Alcaraz pummels Shapovalov to reach fourth round

Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 2, 2023 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates winning his third round match against Canada's Denis Shapovalov REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

PARIS (Reuters) - World number one Carlos Alcaraz bludgeoned Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-1 6-4 6-2 to breeze into the French Open fourth round on Friday and edge closer to the second Grand Slam title of his career.

The Spaniard was imperious and showed no mercy to set up a fourth round clash with Italy's 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti.