Alcaraz starts at Roland Garros against a former tournament champion

The Philippe Chatrier Court, in the heart of Roland Garros, is already bustling with activity as the main contenders for the title want to engage in the main stadium, where the Musketeers Cup, in the men’s category, and the Suzanne Lenglen Cup, in women’s. category, is decided .

At 10 in the morning the Polish woman appeared Iga Swiatek, two-time champion and defending champion. Then, for two hours, turn to Carlos Alcarazworld number one again and at the age of 19 is surely the great contender for the crown left vacant by the king Rafael Nadalfourteen times dominant and nothing for the first time since its hegemony began in 2005.

The Murcian is playing the Grand Slam on clay for the third time, where he made his debut in 2021, after failing to pass the 2020 qualifying phase (against Australian Alexander Vukic), lost in the third round against the German Jan Lennard Struff. In 2022, after tracking the ‘match’ ball to Albert Ramosreached the quarterfinals, produced brilliant results Alexander Zverev.

2021 US Open Champion, Alcaraz He comes with the endorsement of victories on this course in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Godó and Madrid. After working at JC Ferrero Equelite Sport Academy with his technician Juan Carlos Ferreroin Villena, details are being finalized at the Roland Garros facility.

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He chose as his first training partner a former champion of the tournament, the Swiss Roland Garros, the best in 2015. They finished in time to see the draw, which gave Alcaraz a path with a player from the previous stage, Christopher O’Connell either taro daniel, Denis Shapovalov, Lorenzo Musetti or Cameron Norrie, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev or Casper Ruud or Holger Rune.

Alcaraz and Djokovic, for both sides of the box, collide in the semifinals if they succeed in the rounds. The Serbian, who has two crowns at Roland Garros (2016 and 2021), also took center stage on Thursday, along with the Marbella native. Carlos Gomez-Herrerafriend and solid member of the technical team this season.

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