Alcaraz reached the round of 16 of the 2025 Barcelona Men's Tennis Tournament and is also on his way to winning his third title of the tournament

On the 15th local time, Spain's top seed Alcaraz defeated the American dark horse Quinn (Ethan Quinn), who advanced to the qualifying round, 6:2, 7:6 (8:6) after a fierce battle in the second set and 7 sets, and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the 2025 Barcelona Men's Open singles, and also moved towards the third crown of this ATP 500-level clay event.

Spain's top seed, Alcaraz

'It was a very special game for me, so it's nice to be back again.' Alcaraz overcame a 1-3 deficit in the second set, then came up to tie for seven, and salvaged a final point of the set, and closed the door in straight rows for 1 hour and 46 minutes, preventing Quinn, who is ranked 126, from extending the battle line. The 21-year-old hosts balloon star, who won the second game in a row in 2022 and 2023, was unable to defend his title last year due to injury, and now he has come back to overcome the pressure and nervousness to extend Barcelona's all-time 11-game winning streak. ”

Fresh from winning his sixth career ATP 1000 Masters title on Monte Carlo clay, Alcaraz made the move to Barcelona and believes that fitness is very important: "The clay season is short, but the intensity is huge, and you have to be 100 per cent in every match. He will face another qualifier from Serbia, Laslo Djere, for a ticket to the last eight of the men's singles.