Carlos Alcaraz you already know the scenario owned by Rafael Nadal for almost 20 years and where Novak Djokovic will defend the title won last year. This Sunday he took a walk on the Philippe Chatrier to score the first victory. In one hour and 52 minutes he beat the Argentine John Ignatius Londoner by 6-4, 6-2 and 6-0. The young Murcian tennis player was presented to an audience eager to see him live and to know the reasons why the young Murcian tennis player is featured prominently in the bets along with Nadal Y Djokovic.
His presentation went from less to more against a rival who entered the track with nothing to lose. A gift.Londero28 years old and 141 in the world, was there after having fallen in the previous phase, thanks to the withdrawal of a player he entered the big picture as a ‘lucky looser’. alcaraz needed to adapt to the large measures of the plant. He started out tense. And he was noticed in the first set in which he had a hard time making the first ‘break’. He did it in the tenth game to score the sleeve. In the second he already played more comfortable and patient to dominate with the power of his blows and snatch the service from Londero on two more occasions. The third manga would already be a walk. He didn’t let another game slip away from him.
alcaraz he didn’t concede a single break ball and added 22 winners (10 from Londero) to 25 unforced errors (37 from the Argentine). “This game helps me pick up the pace and adapt to the court. It has been good for me in the next game with more rhythm and better level”, he said after his victory.
Albert Ramos will be his next rival in the second round on Tuesday. The Catalan tennis player also passed the first round by beating the Australian Tannakis Kokinaitis by 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and 7-6(5). The veteran Catalan tennis player was the first tennis player whom alcaraz he defeated in his tour debut two years ago in Rio de Janeiro.
Defeat of Davidovich
On this first day of Roland Garros, in addition to alcarazalso came into action Alexander Davidovichanother of the Spanish tricks for the tournament, but the tennis player from Malaga fell in his debut against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (World 64) by 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 and 6-3.
“I came with a lot of confidence and I am very annoyed by that defeat. I have had a drop in energy. I am very disappointed with myself for not having known how to go to the fifth set”, he valued Davidovichupset.
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Davidovichcurrent number 25 in the world, who had reached the quarterfinals last year at Roland Garros, had high expectations after the clay tour in which had eliminated a Novak Djokovic in Montecarlo and reached the final of the Monegasque tournament which they lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
In other party of Spanish representatives James Munar German has been imposed Daniel Altmayer (6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3), Bernabé Zapata got rid of the American Michael Mmoh (7-6 (9), 6-3, 7-5), while Charles Taberner he lost with the Croatian Borna Coric (3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1).