Carlos Alcaraz Fabian Marozsan France Italy Hungary Madrid Rome Barcelona win Carlos Alcaraz Fabian Marozsan France Italy Hungary Madrid Rome

Carlos Alcaraz marks return to top of world rankings with Rome Masters win

thenationalnews.com

Carlos Alcaraz marked his return to the world No 1 spot by comfortably beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas at the Rome Masters on Saturday.

The in-form Spaniard ensured top spot just by taking to the court to play his second-round match in his first appearance at the Rome tournament as he seeks a third straight tournament win.

The 20-year-old, who saw off countryman Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-1, will overtake Novak Djokovic at the top of the ATP rankings and is now assured of top seeding at the French Open later this month.

He came through in a match which started several hours late due to the pelting rain which drenched the Italian capital for much of the early part of Saturday.

Related News
Clay-court titles in Barcelona and Madrid have put Carlos Alcaraz in good stead for a shot at the Roland-Garros crown, Mats Wilander believes. The 20-year-old’s preparation has been “perfect” according to the three-time French Open champion, despite falling short at the Italian Open in Rome. Ad Wilander has insisted that Alcaraz is in the ideal shape, physically and mentally, to take aim at the vacant French Open trophy thanks to Rafael Nadal’s absence.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz were drawn in the same half of the French Open, meaning a potential semi-final between the two tournament favourites is possible in the most open men’s singles draw at Roland Garros in 19 years.
Top seed Carlos Alcaraz will face a qualifier in the first round of the French Open. Alcaraz is among the favourites to win at Roland-Garros, alongside Novak Djokovic, after 14-time champion Rafael Nadal announced he would not defend his title owing to injury.
PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz and the man he just replaced atop the rankings, 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, were placed in the same half of the French Open field in Thursday's draw and could face each other in the semifinals.
Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will not be defending his French Open title. The 36-year-old has won 14 of the last 17 editions of the Grand Slam, but has said it is «impossible» for him to return from injury in time to play this year. Ad His absence looks to have set up one of the most open men's draws at the French Open in recent memory.
Carlos Alcaraz says that he needs to «reset» ahead of the French Open after suffering a shock defeat to Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan at the Italian Open. World No. 135 Marozsan, who is playing in the first ATP main draw event of his career, produced one of the biggest upsets in recent tennis history by beating the No.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.