Alcaraz overcomes the abyss against Struff

Carlos Alcaraz came from behind managed to come back from a convoluted match against Jan-Lennard Struff on the opening day of Wimbledon.

The 19-year-old Murcian thus resolved a tricky debut in which for a long time he walked on the wire and in which he suffered the permanent scourge of the German's serve.

In any case, he managed to change the sign of the match (4-6, 7-5, 64, 7-6 (3) and 6-4) and progressed to the second round of the British great, in which he will face Tallon Griekspoor and Fabio Fognini.

Alcaraz, who this year has raised the trophies in Miami, Barcelona and Madrid, managed to escape the rain of rival services and clung tooth and nail to a tournament in which he has landed without competitive filming.

Some discomfort in his elbow prevented him from competing officially and he was only able to prove himself in the Hurlingham exhibition, in which he played two games and linked two defeats.

However, this Monday he managed to impose his quality.

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Before he won, Alejandro Davidovich managed to escape from the labyrinth that he himself generated in the duel against Hubert Hurkacz.

The 23-year-old from Malaga had three match points but got tangled up, got complicated and finally straightened himself out: 7-6(4), 6-4, 5-7, 2-6 and 7-6(8) , after 3h 28m.

He signed, in this way, the most remarkable pitch of the first day, since the Pole – semi-finalist last year and executioner of Roger Federer – broke out as seventh seed and had recently won in Halle.

This is Davidovich, artist and brittle at the same time, an all-or-nothing player who leaves no one indifferent.

Triumph of merit and epic this time.

He will cross paths with Jiri Vesely.

“I don't know how I won, but this gives me a lot of confidence.

It means a lot to me.

I have shown that I can beat anyone on grass”, valued the Andalusian, a finalist this year in Monte Carlo and who currently ranks

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Djokovic drops a set

Jaume Munar progressed alongside him (6-2, 6-4 and 7-5 to Thiago Monteiro, and appointment with Cameron Norrie), although the Spanish representation regretted the eliminations of Albert Ramos (7-6(1), 7-6 (9) and 6-2 for Casper Ruud), Fernando Verdasco (6-1, 6-2 and 7-6(4) against Tommy Paul) and Pablo Andújar (6-0, 7-6(3) and 6- 3 favorable to Norrie).

Meanwhile, the defending champion and six-time champion of the tournament, Novak Djokovic, recovered skillfully after a small slip against Sonwoo Kwon (6-3, 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4).

“I have not felt as comfortable as I would have liked”, admitted Nole, who recorded his 80th victory in the English great – the third to do so after Federer (105) and Jimmy Connors (84) – and, therefore, He became the first tennis player, male or female, to reach that record in all four Grand Slams.

He has 82 at the Australian Open and US Open, and 86 at Roland Garros.

He will face Australian Tanasi Kokkinakis on Wednesday.

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