Global Courant 2023-05-13 21:59:30
He prevailed with a resounding 6-4, 6-1 against his compatriot Albert Ramos-Viñolas and surpassed Djokovic at the top of the world rankings.
Carlos Alcaraz made his debut at the Masters 1000 in Rome with a resounding victory against fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos (6-4 and 6-1), a debut in the Italian tournament that allows him to regain number 1 in the ATP rankings.
Exempted in the first round due to his seeding status, the Spanish prodigy showed that he is in great form after his recent victories in Barcelona and Madrid and easily beat Albert Ramos (N.72), who this season He is not being the player who led Alcaraz to the fifth set at the last Roland Garros.
The young tennis player from Murcia, who just turned 20, achieved his 20th victory in 21 matches this season on clay in just 1h26 of play. He only lost the final in Rio de Janeiro, in February, against the British Cameron Norrie.
Despite not being able to play in the Australian Open due to injury, Alcaraz has reached the final in five of the six tournaments he has played this year, with four titles (Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona and Madrid).
In this way, Alcaraz is presented as the main rival of the Serbian Novak Djokovic in Rome, who is looking for his seventh title in the Masters 1000 in the Roman capital.
It is the first time in 2023 that the two players have met in a tournament. The Spaniard, for now, has already achieved one goal, which is to regain number 1 in the world ranking, guaranteeing himself to reach Roland Garros in that position (as of May 28).
Carlos Alcaraz. (AP / Antonietta Baldassarre)
Alcaraz missed the first game of the match, but he did not suffer any ‘break’ again, winning eight of the last nine games played.
In the third round, Czech Jiri Lehecka (N.39) or Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (N.135) will be measured.
Among the seeded Russian Andrey Rublev qualified, while Polish Huberts Hurkacz was knocked out by American JJ Wolf.
