There was great drama on Monday at the Rome tournament, which is billed as the final preparation for Roland Garros, which starts in a week in France, when world number two Carlos Alcaraz suffered a 6-3, 7-6 loss to Hungary's Fabian Marojan, ranked 135th, and was eliminated in the third round of the tournament.
In the first set, the young Spaniard lost the fourth game on the way to losing the entire set, and in the second set he broke back, broke back but lost in the end in a tiebreaker.Apart from Alcaraz, the favourites to win the tournament are Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud.
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The Spaniard started the season superbly and won two ATP1000 tournaments, Indian Wells and Madrid. Despite the disappointment at the current tournament, he will be trying to secure a second Grand Slam title in France after winning the US Open last year.
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