An effective Alcaraz defeats Lóndero and successfully debuts in the central

The colossal irruption of

experienced another episode at Roland Garros, in a debut with the scenery of the great stars.

In his second presence in the final table of the tournament, after falling last year in the round of 16 against the German

, the Spaniard made his debut in the

with the best credit of all the participants this season.

Four titles, two of them Masters 1000, 28 wins and only three losses, and a tennis that generates amazement wherever it goes.

Alcaraz is much more than the fashionable tennis player.

He is the sixth seed and one of the main candidates to lift the cup in two weeks.

He serious and precise when converting his opportunities, he won 6-4, 6-2 and 6-0, in one hour and 50 minutes, against the Argentine

.

He will face fellow Spaniard

on Wednesday in search of the third round.

The victories in Miami, Madrid, Barcelona and Rio, and the logical attention that his game has aroused, explosive at the Mutua Madrid Open, with consecutive wins against

,

and

advised an exercise in sobriety, avoiding any risk of distraction.

The characteristics of Lóndero, a tough guy, willing not to lower his arms, also imposed that attitude.

Fresh from winning in Miami, in transition to clay, Alcaraz was initially surprised by Korda in Monte Carlo.

He already had that recent experience.

initial resistance only

It was not the first brilliant set that could be expected.

The first two drop shots were successfully thrown by Lóndero, who resisted backed by his right hand against an opponent who couldn't quite find a way to break him.

Today 141st in the world, the Argentine plays as

after going through the preliminary phase, but, at 28 years old, he already has a track record on the circuit.

He made the round of 16 in 2019, the year in which he won his only title in Córdoba, and came to shine in the

.

In the absence of the joy that characterizes his game, Alcaraz, absent in Rome, was a model of precision: the first

ball was also a set, and he converted it, thanks to a backhand to the net by the Argentine.

In the second, sixth game of the second set, he also hit.

Full in the third, to take the part.

The fourth, with

crossed from the right, he already shot towards victory, with 2-0 and serve in the third set.

It mattered little that in the following game, he lifted Lóndero 0-40 before giving up his serve again.

The job was done and there would be no going back.

The Argentine had no choice but to accept the evidence.

Without any concession, Alcaraz won with hardly any wear.

More demanding dates will come, on that side of the draw where his three recent victims also travel: Nadal, Djokovic and Zverev.

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