Carlos Alcaraz will reclaim the No. 1 rating after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-1 in his Italian Open debut on Saturday.
Alcaraz will go Novak Djokovic for the highest spot when the rankings are subsequent revealed on May 22 — guaranteeing he’ll get the No. 1 seeding on the French Open, which begins on May 28.
Alcaraz double-faulted at hand Ramos-Vinolas a break of his serve within the opening recreation of the match however shortly recovered and used his well-disguised drop shot to arrange the important thing break on the finish of the primary set.
Alcaraz produced almost 3 times as many winners as Ramos-Vinolas, 28-11, regardless of sluggish circumstances on a wet day on the Foro Italico.
Coming off titles in Barcelona and Madrid, Alcaraz prolonged his successful streak to 12 matches and improved to 20-1 on clay this 12 months.
In different second-round matches, sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev beat Alex Molcan 6-3, 6-4; 2021 semifinalist Lorenzo Sonego defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5, 6-3; J.J. Wolf eradicated 14th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz 6-3, 6-4; and Borna Coric rallied previous Thiago Monteiro 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5).
Alcaraz will subsequent face Jiri Lehecka or Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan.
Djokovic, who’s within the different half of the draw, gained his opening match on Friday.
In the ladies’s third spherical, Colombian qualifier Camila Osorio upset fifth-seeded Caroline Garcia 6-4, 6-4; Anhelina Kalinina beat Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-2; and Wang Xiyu defeated Taylor Townsend 6-2, 0-6, 7-5.
Several different matches have been both suspended or postponed to Sunday as a consequence of rain.
Fifth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas was main Nuno Borges 6-3, 4-3 when their match was stopped. Also, German qualifier Daniel Altmaier was main Frances Tiafoe 6-3, 3-4; whereas Lehecka and Marozsan had simply began a 3rd set.
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Rain additionally delayed the beginning of play for almost two hours and there was additionally a short interruption in the course of the first set of the Rublev-Molcan match. Then there was a downpour in the course of the last factors, as Rublev hurried to shut it out.
“I can rest now and I can rest tomorrow. I don’t need to stress waiting,” mentioned Rublev, who gained the Monte Carlo Masters final month. “It’s very lucky when you are able to finish just before the rain and you know that most of the players still didn’t play.”
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