Carlos Alcaraz fought past American Ben Shelton in a tight four-set match to reach the French Open quarter-finals on Sunday.

Reigning champion Alcaraz clinched a 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory after three hours and 19 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier to book a last-eight berth for a fourth straight year. 

Alcaraz will take on Tommy Paul in the quarter-finals, after the 12th seed saw off Australia’s Alexei Popyrin 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. “Today I fought against myself in the mind,” he said. “In some moments I was mad, I was thinking not very good things. But I’m really happy that I didn’t let the bad thoughts play against me... I tried to calm myself down and keep going.”