Ominous Alcaraz 'really, really happy' with Australian Open form

The Spanish third seed showed no mercy to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka, who was taught a 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 lesson on Margaret Court Arena in an 81-minute rout. "I think I played really solid today," said Alcaraz, who won Roland Garros and Wimbledon last year but is yet to go beyond the quarter-finals at Melbourne Park. "I improved the things that I had to improve from the first match. Just really, really happy with everything today. "An important win for me. Three straight sets with a really high level.