Carlos Alcaraz made light work of Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up a tantalising French Open semi-final against incoming world number one Jannik Sinner.
Spanish third seed Alcaraz, 21, won 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 against Greek ninth seed Tsitsipas on the Roland Garros clay.
It was the second year running that Alcaraz had dismantled 2021 runner-up Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals at the Paris major.
The reigning Wimbledon champion has now won all six of his career meetings against Tsitsipas.
Meanwhile, second seed Sinner continued his pursuit of a second straight Grand Slam title by comfortably seeing off Grigor Dimitrov earlier on Tuesday.
The Australian Open champion won 6-2 6-4 7-6 (7-3) against the Bulgarian 10th seed and found out after the match he is set to move top of the ATP rankings.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic pulled out before his quarter-final with a leg injury, meaning he will be replaced by 22-year-old Sinner when the latest rankings are released next week.
Djokovic’s withdrawal means there will be a new name etched on the Coupe des Mousquetaires after Sunday’s men’s singles final.
Who that will turn out to be is still anyone’s guess, but Alcaraz strengthened his claims with another impressive win.
Alcaraz, whose other major triumph came at the 2022 US Open, arrived at Roland Garros with an arm injury which limited his preparations on the European clay courts.
Despite still wearing a protective arm sleeve, the problem seems behind him as he continues to smoothly move through the gears.