Carlos Alcaraz made his debut this Tuesday at the Queen’s tournament, although it was not against the expected rival. At midday, it was announced that Arthur Fils was missing due to injury, so the Murcian will face one of those eliminated in the previous phase, in this case another Frenchman, Arthur Rinderknechtnumber 83 in the rankings, beating Feliciano López in the first round before losing to Grigor Dimitrov.
The match will be played on the second turn of the center court, around 3:00 pm Spanish peninsular time.after Holger Rune-Maxime Cressy opening the day.
This will be the second rivalry between Rinderknech and Alcaraz, who defeated the Frenchman in the second round of the US Open 2021 of 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
The Spanish player will face the Queen’s tournament as the main stop in his preparations for Wimbledon, and he does with an incentive to regain the number 1 ranking in the world.
Accounts are very simple: It’s only worth winning the title. Alcaraz (7,175) is currently 420 points behind Djokovic (7,595)so that only 500 that the champion gets will help him to get back to the top of the ranking.
In the event of becoming a finalist, for example, he will add 300 (7,475) and he will remain 120 behind the Serbian.who has already announced that he will not compete again until Wimbledon.
That’s where the next battle for number 1 will take place because, whatever happens at Queen’s, the difference between the two will be so small, that either of them will be in a position to surpass the other.
As already happened at Roland Garros, both defend the same number of points at Wimbledon, in this case 0. The tournament’s decision to ban the participation of Russian and Belarusian players caused the ATP to impose a penalty of not counting points, so that all players add up all the points they achieved on the grass of the All England Tennis Club this year. .
Alcaraz’s main opponents at Queen’s will be the Danish Holger Rune and the American Taylor Fritz.
Source: La Verdad
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