Carlos Alcaraz steams into 4th round at Australian Open

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Carlos Alcaraz didn't even need to play a full match to advance to the fourth round of the Australia Open.

The second-seeded Spaniard earned a 6-1, 6-1, 1-0 victory when China's Juncheng Shang retired due to an injury Friday in Melbourne.

Alcaraz, the 2022 U.S. Open champion and 2023 Wimbledon champion, already has his best career result in the Australian Open. In his previous