Quiet entry into rivalry for Alcaraz – Roland-Garros

Nothing might decelerate the progress of the Murcia TGV, not even the rain that fell on the finish of the second set, requiring the roof to be closed. Though he nonetheless wore his protecting sleeve on his arm, the outgoing semi-finalist clearly had no apprehension in his strikes, and he wanted to with a view to rapidly extinguish the keenness of the proficient American participant, succesful at any second to make the powder converse.

Within the second spherical, Carlos Alcaraz will face the winner of the duel between the Briton Jack Draper and the Dutch qualifier Jesper de Jong, contenders interrupted by rain through the fourth set.