French Open: Carlos Alcaraz Eases To Next Round, Félix Auger-Aliassime Get First Win
Written By Uche Dozie
Félix Auger-Aliassime, who reached quarter final, semifinal and quarter final in the last three Grand Slams, comes back from two sets down to survive his Roland Garros debut.
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It was a master class performance from young Spaniard, Carlos Alcaraz as he went through to next round of the French Open after a straight set win over Juan Ignacio Londero at the Philippe Chatrier on Sunday.
The 19-year-old started his Roland Garros campaign on a high winning 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 in a game that ended in less than two hours.
Alcaraz who has dominated so far in the ATP titles this year had a shaky begining as he adjusted to the atmosphere, but as soon as he got to his rhythm there was no stopping him.
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The 6th seed got more comfortable in the second set and bageled the Argentine in the third round to set a second round meeting with compatriot and world number 40 Albert Ramos Vinolas.
“It was difficult at the beginning, but it’s always special to play in such a great stadium, a great court,” Alcaraz said. “I’m really happy with the performance in my first match in Philippe Chatrier, and hope to play more matches [on] this court.”
Alcaraz leads the head to head a 2-0 record against Vinolas-Ramos after having beaten him in 3 sets on clay in Rio in 2020 before outclassing him in straight sets in Umag last year where he won his maiden title on the tour.
Meanwhile…
Number 9 seed Felix Auger-Aliassime recovered from two sets down to book his place in the next round of the French Open.
The Canadian defeated Peru’s Juan Pablo Varillas 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 to get his first main draw win at Roland Garros.
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He will be up next against Camilo Ugo Carabelli who came back from 2-5 down in the fifth to beat Aslan Karatsev in the first ever 10 points fifth set tiebreak at Roland Garros main draw.
The Argentine defeated the Russian
6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 y 7-6 his first ATP tour win and firs grand slam win.
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