Carlos Alcaraz sent Arthur Ashe Stadium into a frenzy Friday when he peeled off both his shirt and undershirt moments after closing out a straight-sets win over China's Wu Yibing, extending a tournament-long conversation about his on-court wardrobe.

Phones shot up across the front rows as the defending champion, soaked from a 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 victory, stood shirtless for several seconds before heading off court, according to TMZ. The moment followed days of chatter over his decision to skip an undershirt entirely in earlier rounds, an outfit choice that drew a public plea from former Wimbledon finalist Genie Bouchard to "put the nip away."

Asked about the wardrobe saga afterward, Alcaraz laughed it off: "I think I saw my nipple too much lately. I felt like, you know, I could hide it for at least one match." He's since moved on to face American Tommy Paul in the fourth round.