Queen misses Carlos Alcaraz

The loss of Carlos Alcaraz, announced a few days before the contest began, has caused resentment in the Queen’s cartelwho after three years regained complete normalcy after the pandemic.

The start of Wimbledon, which starts on June 27, He lost the fight to his rival on the same date, the Halle tournament, which remained at number two in the world, the Russian Daniil Medvedevalong with five, Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, and to the lure of Australian Nick Kyrgios, three tennis players who in recent years have come to London.

This time, the Queen’s had to contact past Roland Garros finalist Casper Ruud, who is not fond of grass, and Matteo Berrettini, who returned after his good result in Stuttgart and defended his title here. The Norwegian and the Italian were the only two in the top ten attracted by the tournament in Londonwhich distributes 400,000 euros to the winners, the same prize as Halle.

The loss of Carlos Alcaraz, who decided not to participate due to minor problems with his shoulder after Paris, and Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal are refusing to compete before Wimbledonhas broken the level of the tournament, which still has claims like Andy Murray, a finalist in Stuttgart and a five -time winner at the London club.

The British continued his climb in the rankings and in his tennis after hip implant and arrived in London with his first victory against a top 5 (Tsitsipas) since the best season of his career, 2016, which he crowned with his third Grand Slam and Number one in the world.

Murray will make his debut against Italian Lorenzo Sonego, while his compatriot, Dan Evans, will face Berrettini, where it aims to be a great first-round match. The physical exhaustion of Murray and Berrettini, both finalists in Stuttgart, could have played a major role in their start at Queen’s.

Ruud, who has just two wins in the grass race, will start with local wild card Ryan Pennistonwhile Cameron Norrie, a finalist here last year and the third seed, will begin his run against Grigor Dimitrov, who won the title in 2014 saving a championship point against Feliciano Lopez in the final.

Toledo, champion on these tracks in 2017 and 2019, was the organization’s great forgotten, who distributed three invitations to local players and forced López to play the preliminary round. After beating Bradley Klahn in straight sets in the first qualifying round, ‘Feli’ had three match points against Emil Ruusuvuori to advance to the final draw, but Finn came from behind and removed the player from Toledo. This is the first time since 2005 that Feliciano will not play for the Queen’s.

Despite the loss of Alcaraz, the Queen’s had a large participation of the Spaniards. Pedro Martínez will make his debut against Argentine Francisco Cerundolo, while Alejandro Davidovich will face Albert Ramos in the first round. Diego Schwartzman from Buenos Aires, a regular at Queen’s, will face a tennis player from the qualifiers on his debut.

Denis Shapovalov, Marin Cilic, Taylor Fritz and Stan Wawrinka who want to revive his tennis after injuries, complete the Queen’s lineup.