In a great debut at the Queen’s ATP 500, Carlos Alcaraz, number 2 in the rankingcurrent Roland Garros champion, He defeated the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo (No. 26) 6-1 and 7-5 in one hour and 22 minutes.
For the winner of three Grand Slam tournaments, This victory helped him extend a successful winning streak. At a general level, he has eight: the seven at Roland Garros added to this success in London.
For its part, Francisco Cerúndolo, who has just lost in the round of 16 at Roland Garros against Novak Djokovic, He has not won on grass since his victory against Nuno Borges at Wimbledon 2023. Furthermore, last year he was champion at Eastbourne, losing only two sets on his way to the title.
The Argentine’s next step will be, in the run-up to Wimbledon, again in the city of East Sussex, where he will seek to defend what he did the previous season. There he will be the sixth seed, having Jiri Lehecka, Sebastián Báez, Alexander Bublik, Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz above him.
In turn, the Spaniard will play the second round against Jack Draper, winner of the duel between Mariano Navone. The albiceleste fell to Draper 6-3 and 6-2.
For Navone it was his second match on grass in his entire career, since he lost to Ricardas Berankis in the Wimbledon 2023 qualifying (he only won three games). On the other side, the British came sweet, champion at the ATP 250 in Stuttgart, his first trophy in the category.
While, Tomás Etcheverry lost 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3 against Billy Harris (toilet) and Seba Báez fell 6-4 and 6-4 with Tommy Paul.
