With a premiere that lived up to the expectation created, with moments in which he felt “invincible”, the world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz unceremoniously dispatched the Italian Flavio Cobolli, 159th in the world and coming from the classification, 6-0 on Monday , 6-2 and 7-5, at Roland Garros.
“I felt like I couldn’t lose a game. My blows worked and he wasn’t playing well. I don’t think he had any chance to score a game. I felt invincible,” the Spanish tennis player declared at a press conference about the first set. , which ended with a donut.
“I lacked a bit of head to close the third set before,” acknowledged the Spaniard, who despite everything pointed out that he feels “very satisfied” with the victory in his first match on the Suzanne Lenglen court
The Japanese Taro Daniel, 112 in the world, will be Carlos Alcaraz’s new rival this Wednesday in the second round of Roland Garros.
Daniel, 30, beat Australian Christopher O’Connell, 77 in the world, in the first round in three sets, and has never played against Alcaraz before.
“He has a very good year, he is playing well and he has won against difficult opponents. It will be a difficult second round, I will have to be prepared, it will be a great fight”, added the Spanish tennis player.
Carlos Alcaraz’s match against Taro Daniel will be played this Wednesday, May 31, on the Philippe Chatrier court, the central court of Roland Garros.
The match will be held from 4:00 p.m. It is scheduled in the third shift of the day after the match between Caroline Garcia and Anna Blinkova.
The duel between Alcaraz and Daniel from Roland Garros can be seen on television through Eurosport. In addition, it can also be followed live through Elmundo.es.
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