Dominant Carlos Alcaraz through as Shang Juncheng retires injured

Carlos Alcaraz, left, applauds Shang Juncheng as he walks off. Pic: Andy Wong/AP

Carlos Alcaraz reached the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time after opponent Shang Juncheng retired with injury in the third set.

Remarkably, this was 20-year-old Alcaraz’s first experience of playing a younger player in his 201st tour level match, but it was barely a contest, the second seed dropping just two games before Shang called it a day trailing 6-1 6-1 1-0.