Carlos Alcaraz is back. After missing the Mutua Madrid Open because of some discomfort in the back of the left thigh, the Murcia tennis player returns to the action in the 1,000 Masters of Rome, last test before Roland Garros.
During these last days, Spanish has been seen in the Italic forum with a spectacular compressor bandage in the left leg, a preventive measure to avoid relapses, but in the game that has been played with Alexander Zverev and Alex de Miñaur has demonstrated a good level.
Alcaraz arrives eagerly to Rome, a tournament that was lost last year due to injury and in which in his only appearance, in 2023, he was used in the sixteenth final by the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan.
For his debut, he will have a veteran, the Serbian Dusan Lajovic. At 34, he currently travels through the 131st position of the ATP, far from the level he showed in 2019, where he became the 23rd racket of the world after reaching the final of the 1,000 masters of Montecarlo, where he lost to the Italian Fabio Fognini.
Alcaraz and Lajovic have faced four times previously, and in all the current number 3 of the world, which has not even given a set. His first duel was in the second round of the Australia Open of 2022 (6-2, 6-1, 75), while the other three were compressed in the spring of 2023: quarterfinals in Buenos Aires (6-4, 6-2), quarterfinals in Rio de Janeir 7-6 (5)). In total, two triumphs in whipped land and many others on a hard track for the Palmar.
Lajovic, eliminated Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round in two sets (7-5, 6-1) after overcoming the two rounds of the Qualy before the American Ethan Quinn (7-5, 6-7 (5) and 6-3) and the British Cameron Norrie (6-1, 4-6 and 6-3).
-Alcaraz tries to recover the number two of the world ranking, currently in the hands of Zverev. To achieve this, it needs to reach at least the semifinals in Rome, provided that the German does not win the tournament.
In addition, the draw of the painting has been favorable for the Spanish, which would avoid confrontation with the world number one, Jannik Sinner, to a final hypothetical. The Italian returns in Rome of the three -month sanction he agreed with the world anti -doping agency for his positive for clostebol.
What time Alcaraz plays the game against Lajovic today
The match between Carlos Alcaraz and Dusan Lajovic is scheduled For this Friday May 9 In the second turn of the central track: not before 1:00 p.m.
Where to see on television and online Carlos Alcaraz today in Rome
The match between Alcaraz and Borges is broadcast by Movistar+ In the Movistar Plus channel (Dial 7)platform that has the rights of 1,000 masters from Rome. And you can follow the minute by minute and all the information about the tournament in ABC.es.
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