Carlos Alcaraz produced a dazzling performance to flatten Jiri Lehecka 6-2 6-3 and move into the Queen’s quarter-finals. The top seed will face Grigor Dimitrov or Francisco Cerundolo next after a win that was far more convincing than his nervy three-set victory over Arthur Rinderknech in the first round. Ad Alcaraz is making his Queen’s debut this year and is relatively new to grass-court tennis, with two previous outings at Wimbledon being the extent of his tour-level experience on the surface.
WimbledonWhen is the Wimbledon curfew? What are the rules? What's the latest finish?3 HOURS AGO But he showed few signs of weakness as he brushed aside the world No. 36 in 85 minutes, landing three aces and 21 winners along the way. “I feel really comfortable here and I’m really happy to get experience on grass, getting hours.
Now that I know I have this level, I’m very happy about it," said Alcaraz. “After this match, this level, the expectations change. I think I’m going to do great results here on grass.
I will go into the next round with a lot of confidence and I will go for it.” Federer keen for Nadal to make his return to tennis — 'I hope he comes back' Gauff and Sabalenka get knocked out in straight sets at Berlin Open Federer and Djokovic are ‘like aliens’ on grass — Medvedev Alcaraz made the dream start by holding twice and breaking Lehecka in the Czech’s first service game to go 3-0 up. Lehecka eventually got on the board, needing to save another break point first, but he couldn’t make any progress on the Spaniard’s serve. The Czech was left serving to stay in the set at 5-2 and threw away a 30-0 lead to concede four consecutive points and surrender the opener in 39 minutes.
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