PARIS, June 2 (Reuters) - World number one Carlos Alcaraz bludgeoned Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-1 6-4 6-2 to breeze into the French Open fourth round on Friday and edge closer to the second Grand Slam title of his career. The Spaniard was imperious and showed no mercy to set up a fourth round clash with Italy's 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti. "In the second set I was in a bit of trouble a little bit as I started making more mistakes than in the first and the third set. In the first set Alcaraz was whipping winners past the hapless 24-year-old who visibly struggled to keep up with his opponent's speed and quickly fell 5-0 behind. The top seed put Shapovalov out of his misery on his second match point and continued his quest for another major title.

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Persons: Carlos Alcaraz bludgeoned, Denis Shapovalov, Lorenzo Musetti, Alcaraz, Shapovalov, Karolos Grohmann, Ken Ferris Organizations: Thomson