Carlos Alcaraz brushes aside Tallon Griekspoor in 200th career win ...

Carlos Alcaraz swept aside Tallon Griekspoor 6-1, 6-2 in an imperious display to reach the China Open quarter-finals and bring up his 200th career win.

The World No. 3 was assured and confident throughout and needed just 56 minutes to set up a meeting with Russia's Karen Khachanov.

Alcaraz led their head to head 3-0 going into this match and looked completely in control from the jump, piling pressure on the weak Griekspoor serve, drawing out errors and entertaining the crowd with his usual combination of power, agility and flashy drop shots. Fittingly, it was a huge second serve ace that capped off a virtuoso performance for the Spaniard, who did not drop a single point on his first serve throughout the match.

After coming through 6-4 6-4 in his first-round encounter against huge-serving Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and some testy exchanges with the umpire, who awarded him two time violations in the first set, this was a much more straightforward match for the 21-year-old.

His career win-loss ratio of 200-52 means he moves above his idol and compatriot Rafael Nadal, whose win-loss ratio at the same stage of his career was 200-55.

"It's pretty good, obviously I was looking forward to playing as many matches [sic] as I can during the year," Alcaraz said after his milestone victory. "I'm looking forward to keep playing matches, to keep doing the things that I'm doing. I'm really happy about it - 200 wins is great, it's a great number, but I'm already looking for the 300th! I just want to keep going, to keep rolling, be on the tour for as much time as I can. But I'm glad I overhauled Rafa!"

Alcaraz made his intentions clear, breaking his opponent in the Dutchman's first service game, before holding to 15, his whipped cross-court forehand causing problems early on.

He led 3-0 after just 11 minutes and compounded Griekspoor's misery by breaking to love in the next game, taking advantage of some wayward errors by the Dutchman and sealing the double break with a cool down-the-line winner.

The Spaniard moved smoothly through his next service game to lead 5-0, but Griekspoor stopped the rot and avoided the dreaded bagel with a more confident hold.

Alcaraz opened the door to Griekspoor at 15-15 in his next game with a poor missed drop shot, but a combination of efficient, powerful serving and some missed returns from his opponent saw him wrap up the set 6-1 in just 24 minutes.

The world No. 40 held serve in his first game of the second set, but continued to struggle with Alcaraz's booming serve and looked lethargic by comparison.

The Spaniard continued to pile the pressure on remorselessly with a brilliant backhand winner which just kissed the line in Griekspoor's next service game, while his opponent cut a frustrated figure on the other side of the net. Although the Dutchman saved one break point, he could not cope with Alcaraz's aggressive play and fell an early break down again after ten minutes.

A delightful forehand drop shot secured another love hold for Alcaraz for a 3-0 lead, and not content with one break, he continued to motor through the match and break down Griekspoor's resolve. Two uncharacteristic errors by the Spaniard helped Griekspoor go 40-0 up on his serve, but he shifted into another gear once more.

Another flawless disguised drop shot took him to deuce and he continually rushed Griekspoor into careless errors. The pressure began to tell as he double faulted to hand over another break, leaving Alcaraz two games away from the quarter-finals.

Griekspoor began to move to the net more in a bid to stave off defeat, but put a volley wide to set up match point on his serve. He saved it with a confident smash and went on to hold courtesy of two wide returns from Alcaraz, forcing the Spaniard to serve it out.

An unlucky net cord let Griekspoor in at 30-30, but another clean overhead smash set up the four-time Grand Slam champion's second match point, and a second serve ace sealed the victory in just shy of an hour.

Earlier in Beijing, home hopeful and wildcard Bu Yunchaokete sprung a surprise, defeating Wimbledon semi-finalist Lorenzo Musetti in straight sets. The Italian has enjoyed an excellent year of results but appeared to run out of steam as his 22-year-old opponent claimed a memorable 6-4 6-4 victory to extend his run at his home tournament.

US Open finalist Jessica Pegula needed to dig deep against Veronika Kudermetova on Beijing's Diamond Court, with the Russian taking the first set 11-9 in a tiebreak, before a much more one-sided end to the match. The American fought back and controlled the rest of their encounter, ultimately prevailing 6-7 6-1 6-2 to reach the last 16.

A strong week for the home favourites continued as Zhang Shuai dispatched Belgium's Greet Minnen 6-2 6-3 on the show court in the final match of the day session. Shuai had been on a 24-match losing streak going back over 600 days, the longest losing streak in tennis in 52 years, before arriving at her home WTA 1000 tournament.

But the 35-year-old has now won three matches in succession, including a stunning upset over US Open semi-finalist Emma Navarro in the previous round, to make the last 16.

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