Carlos Alcaraz clinched an entertaining 7-6(8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 Roland Garros fourth round win over Ben Shelton. On Court Philippe-Chatrier on Sunday (June 1), Alcaraz, with his three-hour, 19-minute win, also secured his 100th tour-level victory on clay. The defending champion is now in the quarterfinal of the French Open for the fourth consecutive year. Next, he will face Tommy Paul, who ended 25th seed Alexei Popyrin‘s run with a victory in straight sets. The four-time Grand Slam champion has met the American six times on the tour, winning four of those matches, including one on clay in last year’s Paris Olympics quarterfinal. The two victories that Paul clinched came at the Canadian Open in 2022 and 2023. When the two met, the matches were not one-sided affairs. After his fourth-round win, Alcaraz said he is expecting another tough match against the World No.12. I remember every match I played against him was really tough. It was really difficult. In Grand Slams. In Masters 1000s. All the tournaments I’ve played him in, it wasn’t easy at all. I lost a few matches against him as well. He’s in the quarterfinal of another grand slam. His level is really high right now. He has a lot of confidence. Alcaraz is chasing his fifth Major and his second on clay. He is also bidding to win his third clay-court trophy of the season, following the Monte Carlo Masters and the Italian Open. Alcaraz has reached the finals of the three tournaments he has played on the red dirt, losing just the Barcelona Open. Paul, before arriving in Paris, played the Italian Open semifinal where eventual runner-up Jannik Sinner knocked him out in three sets. The 28-year-old, who has reached the French Open last eight for the first time, has so far won four singles titles- three on hard courts and one on grass. With his fourth-round win, the Murcia native extended his head-to-head record over Shelton to 3-0. Shelton, a two-time Grand Slam finalist, had reached the last 16 of the clay-court Major for the first time. Andre Agassi explains how Carlos Alcaraz hurts his opponents on clay Carlos Alcaraz is the winner of 19 singles titles, which included his four Majors. Six of them he lifted on hard, three on grass, and 10 on clay.