Carlos Alcaraz competes from this Monday for the third time at Roland Garros after reaching the quarterfinals last year. However, the organization has not scheduled his entry on the main track, the Philippe Chatrier. He will play in the second, the Suzanne Lenglen, against the Italian Flavio Cobolli, ranked 159th in the world and coming from the previous classification.
His a priori main rival, Novak Djokovic, will also play on Monday, against the American Aleksandar Kovacevic (114th ATP). The Serbian did put some pressure on Alcaraz this Saturday by pointing him out as the “main favourite” and praised the alliance he created with Ferrero.
The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz continues to be number 1 in the ATP ranking published this Monday, the day he entered the fray at Roland Garros against the Italian Flavio Cobolli.
Alcaraz continues to surpass the Russian Daniil Medvedev (N.2) and the Serbian Novak Djokovic in the ranking in a ‘Top 10’ that presents only one change: the American Taylor Fritz moved to eighth position after his semifinal in Geneva, ahead by Italian Jannik Sinner.
Rafael Nadal, the last winner of Roland Garros, occupies number 15 in the classification but the Spaniard will not be able to defend the points obtained thanks to his 14th Parisian title after being dropped, and will fall out of the Top 100.
Djokovic will also enter the fray on Monday against the American Aleksandar Kovacevic (N.114), he could face Alcaraz in the semifinals.
Carlos Alcaraz plans to play his first match against Cobolli this Monday, May 29, at the Suzanne Lenglen. The meeting is estimated to begin at 4:20 p.m.
The meeting between Alcaraz and Cobolli can be seen through Eurosport and in the packages of the television platforms that include this channel. In addition, on the Elmundo.es website you can check the results of the match in real time.
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