Alcaraz, number 4 in the world, beat promising Brooksby (43rd) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 at the central stadium of Flushing Meadows, the Arthur Ashe.
The Spaniard, who barely had any difficulties at the beginning of the third set where he was down a break, continues to advance at cruising speed in a tournament where he has major goals.
At 19 years old, Alcaraz aspires in New York to reach his first Grand Slam title and even to become the youngest tennis player to reach number 1 in the ATP.
His next match will be against the winner of the crossing, the Croatian Marin Cilic, champion of the US Open in 2014, and the British Daniel Evans in search of his second consecutive quarterfinal in the last ‘Major’ of the season.
The entrance Alcaraz settles with authority in the second week of the US Open was first published in diary TODAY.
