Carlos Alcaraz eases into last 16Taiwanese FORTUNES: Wu Fang-hsien and Hsieh Su-wei both advanced to the last 16 of the women’s doubles, but Ray Ho was ousted in the men’s doublesAFP, MELBOURNECarlos Alcaraz yesterday stepped up his quest to win a maiden Australian Open as he overwhelmed showman Corentin Moutet to reach the last 16, while Taiwan’s Wu Fang-hsien and Hsieh Su-wei both advanced to the last 16 of the women’s doubles. Top seed Alcaraz was never in danger against French 32nd seed Moutet, easing through 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 at Rod Laver Arena in 2 hours, 5 minutes. Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz returns to Corentin Moutet of France in their Australian Open men’s singles match in Melbourne yesterday. The 21-year-old Gauff has won the US Open and French Open, but her best performance in Melbourne is the semi-finals. Russia’s 11th seed Medvedev faces 25th seed Learner Tien of the US in the last 16.
