Carlos Alcaraz, 20 years old and world number 2, has his fingers crossed to reclaim the top spot in the ATP rankings. After his victories in the Conde de Godó Trophy and Madrid, the Murcian is only five points behind Novak Djokovicwhich he would overcome simply by appearing in his first match at the Foro Italico.
This is his debut at the Masters 1000 ATP in Rome, which he has vacated in the 2022 edition. For the first time in his team, he will start against the Catalan. Albert Ramos35 years old and world no.
If the party of Djokovic with the argentinian Thomas Martin Etcheverry is scheduled for the afternoon session on Friday, the order of play of Carlos Alcaraz It is more advanced than expected as it is the current reference of the ATP Tour.
Accustomed to seeing him at 4 in the afternoon in Barcelona and Madrid, even with a few short nocturnal forays, the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero You need to promote your habits.
This Saturday he has an appointment at Campo Centrale before one in the afternoon. The French center court opens Caroline Garcia and the Colombian Camila Osorioat 11 in the morning.
The evening meeting of the day will be an Italian affair, in between Lorenzo Musetti and Matteo Arnaldi. This is the program:
1
middle field
11:00 a.m
Caroline Garcia (Fra/5)-Camila Osorio (Col/Q)
(not before 1:00 pm)
Albert Ramos (Esp)-Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/2)
Lorenzo Sonego (Ita)-Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan/25)
(not before 7:00 pm)
Coco Gauff (USA/6)-Marie Bouzkova (Che/27)
(not before 8:30 pm)
Lorenzo Musetti (Ita/18)-Matteo Arnaldi (Ita/WC)
2
Grandstand Arena
11:00 a.m
Anhelina Kalinina (Ucr/30)-Sofia Kenin (USA)
Anastasia Potatova (Russ/23)-Veronika Kudermetova (Russ/11)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/5)-Nuno Borges (Por)
(not before 5:00 pm)
Victoria Azarenka (Blr/14)-Madison Keys (USA/19)
(not before 7:00 pm)
Roberto Bautista (Span/21)-Marco Cecchinato (Ita)
3
PIETRANGELI
11:00 a.m
Andrey Rublev (Russ/6)-Alex Molcan (Svk)
(not before 1:00 pm)
Magda Linette (Pol/17)-Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra/12)
Anna Bondar (Jun/Q)-Qinwen Zheng (Chn/22)
Emil Ruusuvuori (Fin)-Daniil Medvedev (Rus/3)
David Goffin (Bel)-Alexander Zverev (Ale/19)
4
TRACK 1
11:00 a.m
Borna Coric (Cro/15)-Thiago Monteiro (Bra)
Guido Pella (Arg)-Alejandro Davidovich (Span/27)
5
TRACK 2
11:00 a.m
Roberto Carballés-Daniel Evans (GBR/20)
1
TRACK 3
1:00 p.m
Bernabé Zapata (Span/31)-Jason Kubler (Aus)
Source: La Verdad
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