• Tennis Carlos Alcaraz, the new prodigy who flees from the shadow of Rafa Nadal

The Spanish

Carlos Alcaraz

beat the Slovakian

Lukas Lacko

on

Tuesday

by a double

6-3

, in one hour and 21 minutes, in his first match of the

Roland Garros qualifying phase

and is two wins away from qualifying for the

Paris Grand Slam

.

Alcaraz

,

18 years old

and who this week appears for the first time in the '

top 100

' - he is

ranked 94

in the ATP -, fulfilled the predictions against a rival 15 years older than him and who is 212 in the world.

After beating Lacko, his next opponent will be the Italian

Andrea Pellegrino

, 24 years old and

234

on the world list, who beat the Czech

Zdenek Kolar

by 6-3 and 6-4.

Juan Carlos Ferrero's

pupil

, who recently won the '

Challenger

'

tournament

in Oeiras

, in

Portugal

, was not surprised and, although the beginnings of both sets were even, he imposed his law and awarded them with the same result.

In the first set, Lacko took the initiative to start by keeping his serve for 0-1, 1-2 and 2-3, but Alcaraz was also firm with the service and there were successive equalized until in the seventh game the Spanish achieved a break. In the eighth, he scored his blank serve and closed the set with a new "break" after 41 minutes of play.

The Slovak started the

second heat well

.

He achieved his first and only break in the match and immediately tied his serve to get 0-2 up.

Lacko's lead remained until 1-3, but then Alcaraz reacted with the solidity that usually accompanies his tennis.

He won

five games in a row

-one blank, three giving up a point and another with more difficulties, 3-3- and, after another 40 minutes on the court, he signed access to the second round of this preliminary phase.

Alcaraz is looking for his second final frame in a Grand Slam, after participating in the

Australian Open

last January also coming from the previous one.

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