Carlos Alcaraz will reclaim the No.1 rating and go into the French Open as high seed after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-1 in his first Italian Open match.
Alcaraz will move Novak Djokovic for the highest spot when the rankings are subsequent revealed on May 22, additionally making certain he’ll get the No.1 seeding on the French Open, which begins on May 28.
Alcaraz double-faulted handy Ramos-Vinolas a break of his serve within the opening sport of the match however shortly recovered and used his well-disguised drop shot to arrange the important thing break on the finish of the primary set.
Alcaraz produced almost 3 times as many winners as Ramos-Vinolas, 28-11, regardless of sluggish circumstances on a wet day on the Foro Italico.
Coming off titles in Barcelona and Madrid, Alcaraz prolonged his profitable streak to 12 matches and improved to 20-1 on clay this 12 months.
In different second-round matches, sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev beat Alex Molcan 6-3 6-4; JJ Wolf eradicated 14th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz 6-3 6-4; and Borna Coric rallied previous Thiago Monteiro 4-6 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5).
Alcaraz will subsequent face Jiri Lehecka or Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan.
Djokovic, who’s within the different half of the draw, received his opening match on Friday.
The begin of play was delayed for almost two hours as a consequence of rain and there was additionally a quick interruption through the first set of the Rublev-Molcan match. Then there was a downpour through the last factors, as Rublev hurried to shut it out.
“I can rest now and I can rest tomorrow. I don’t need to stress waiting,” stated Rublev, who received the Monte Carlo Masters final month. “It’s very lucky when you are able to finish just before the rain and you know that most of the players still didn’t play.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
