New York, Aug. 28 -- The 2022 champion, Carlos Alcaraz, cruised to the third round of the ongoing US Open 2025 tennis tournament as he registered victory over Mattia Bellucci in three straight sets on Wednesday.

The second seed from Spain got the job done in 1 hour, 36 minutes with a 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 win against the unseeded Italian, according to Olympics.com.

In their second career head-to-head, their first in five years, Alcaraz produced his most dominant performance in a Grand Slam match by dropping only four games.

Alcaraz didn't face a single break point, and he won 86 per cent of his first service games in eliminating the 65th-ranked Bellucci.

The 2022 US Open champion - who captured his first major championship at Flushing - has w...