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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