Carlos Alcaraz won Londero and he passed to the next round of Roland Garros. This is the second time that Carlos Alcaraz passed this second round of Roland Garros after won Juan Ignacio Londero by 6-4, 6-2 and 6-0. Alcaraz and Albert Ramos will face to face the next round, so there will be an insured Spanish player.
He signed the perfect debut because he did not concede any “break” ball and he got the first 4 correct to pass next round on a very easy way.
The Spanish tennis player has now 29 victories on this current season, just behind of Stefanos Tsitsipas (with 31 victories). The Greek player had this advantage because he competed on the last Masters 1000 at Rome. Alcaraz, with two rest weeks, has arrived on a very good shape and with many chances to win this tournament.
The next round of this tournament will be against Ramos. Both players have played two times. Albert Ramos has 100% of win rate against his Spanish teammate. He won him at Rio de Janeiro (2020) and Umag (2021).
The Murcian player was very applauded by all the fans despite of his short career. People know that he has a lot of future and he is playing a really beautiful tennis.
Also, Alcaraz showed on this match one of his strong points: the service. With points of 209 kilometres per hour. Londero, currently 141 at ranking, completed a good performance against one of the most talented young player at the moment.
“This is one of the best tournaments and it is special. I have seen it since I was young and it is a pleasure playing in front of the fans. You have to adapt to the distances of a track as big as this one” said Carlos on the post-match interview. We will see how far Carlos go on this tournament.
Jorge Barbero