Carlos Alcaraz will play this Tuesday for the third time in his career in Paris, after having competed the last two years at Roland Garros with mixed luck.. In 2020 he could not pass the first round of the qualifying round and this year he surpassed it and then reached the second but in the main draw (German Struff dropped him). Now he presents his elite version under cover, at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy, where the tournament that closes the Masters 1,000 season is played. Also play around 12:30 on the center court, against a French tennis player, Pierre-Hugues Herbert (30 years old and 99th in the world), expert and successful doubles player determined to make a life for himself also in singles.
Charly arrives in the City of Light after making a big impact in his time in Vienna, where he beat Andy Murray and Matteo Berrettini before kneeling in the semifinals against Zverev. And in the best position it has occupied so far in the ranking, 35th. It will be his first duel against the winner of five Grand Slams in pairs, all together with his compatriot Nicolas Mahut. On the horizon, a possible face to face with the Italian Sinner.
This Monday on the first day Albert Ramos fell without palliative against the Belarusian Ivashka (6-3 and 7-6 (2)). It has been three years in a row without exceeding the premiere. Among the rest of the results, one that affects the number one in the world, Novak Djokovic, who already knows that he will face the Hungarian Fucsovics in the second round this Wednesday, which got rid of Fognini.