Carlos Alcaraz returns this Tuesday to the lawn scene of Queen’s ATP 500. After a few days of acclimatization in London, the world number 2 will face the French Arthur Phils, 62nd in the ranking and among nineteen other young pushers on the circuit. This is on the second turn of the center court, around 3:00 pm always keep an eye on the sky ahead of the possibility of rain delaying schedules.
It was in a first-round match that would mean a pre-Wimbledon tour premiere for Alcaraz. The Murcian aims to adapt as soon as possible to the playing conditions of this surface. He has been training with his team in London for a few days, feeling good after his bitter withdrawal in the Roland Garros semifinals against Novak Djokovic.
Serbian is exactly in the spotlight. Alcaraz will overtake him in the rankings if he succeeds in the tournament, although for now his aim is to speed up one of the tour’s most prominent events on grass. The fight will be Alcaraz’s first fight at this event, as this year he chose to Queen and for the display of hurlingham that came with filming the Wimbledon.
Getting the sensations is important for Alcaraz, who knows that the options to play are few in preparation for Wimbledon because of how small it is. trip to the grass. With little time to make the transition from clay, the Spaniard will try to continue growing on the surface where he has the most room for improvement.
Of course, it is not a simple debut that awaits him against Phils, who passed the preliminary phase and added his first ATP title a few weeks ago in Lyon. The Frenchman, a year younger than Alcaraz, came shot after winning two closely contested games in the previous stage. This will be the first rivalry between the two.
Phils He started the season as number 252 in the world, but in addition to the 250 title in Lyon, he managed to add another two semifinals this season to position himself now 62nd in the ranking. He already played last week in ‘s-Hertogenbosch and has been betting hard on grass in recent weeks.
Source: La Verdad
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