Carlos Alcaraz has dismissed all of the damage fears surrounding him as he made an emphatic opening to his bid for a 3rd grand slam title on the French Open.
The younger Spaniard’s participation at Roland Garros had been in some doubt after he pulled out of the Italian Open with a forearm downside, however he confirmed no signal of discomfort as he crushed American JJ Wolf for the lack of simply 4 video games in a 6-1 6-2 6-1 trouncing on Sunday.
The solely signal of the 21-year-old’s latest troubles was the sight of the protecting sleeve on his proper arm, however the Wimbledon and former US Open champion regarded immaculate as he hammered down 5 aces and 27 winners on Court Philippe Chatrier.
“I’m really happy to be back here in Paris to compete again, it’s been a very difficult month for me because I love competing,” declared Alcaraz.
“I’ve tried everything I could to be at 100 per cent here at Roland Garros to show my best tennis, and I think I did that today.
“I’d have liked to have performed extra matches however I do not want too many matches to get to 100 per cent.
“I did really good preparation this past two weeks and practices with top players. My forearm is getting better and better.”
Alcaraz will participant Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong, who beat Britain’s Jack Draper in 5 units, in spherical two.
In different first-round ties, Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev wanted 4 units to see off Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-2 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 7-5, whereas the in-form Bulgarian tenth seed Grigor Dimitrov had a extra easy win over American Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-3 6-4.
The first main house casualty got here with seventeenth seed and French primary Ugo Humbert bowing out in 4 units, 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3 to Italian Lorenzo Sonego.
But the Paris showcourt crowds obtained somethiing to cheer when, at 37 and within the twilight of his profession, Richard Gasquet started his twenty first Roland Garros predominant draw look — equalling Feliciano Lopez’s Open period document — with a superb 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 win over Croatian Borna Coric on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
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