Among Spaniards, Alcaraz goes before Bernabe Zapata in Paris

Collecting fruits of the sacrifice, already located between the Top 100 in the ranking, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image, 18, is ready to face the challenge to play his first main draw of Roland Garros, second Grand Slam it’s from the season.

With a good present and an encouraging future, Alcaraz is trained by the remembered Juan Carlos Ferrero, another Spaniard who left his traces of champion in Paris, consecrating himself in the edition 2003.

Carlitos has grown. Had visited France as a fan six ago years. He always set out to play this famous tournament and fulfilled his purpose.

To do this, he had to circumvent the phase previous classification, where he won three wins, only lost eleven games and in the last game he prevailed with clear sufficiency over the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, who he hit with a double 6-1.

“I’m really very happy, it’s a great feeling to do my first main draw here, “said Alcaraz, 94 of the world, who must face his compatriot Bernabé Zapata Miralles (ranking 128) in the first round.

“Everyone is really looking forward to qualifying, so it’s a great achievement for me. I feel very comfortable. Last week I won the Challenger in Portugal, winning these three games, I’m sure, but it’s not easy to play the best of cinco sets. I feel more prepared and can improve what I did in Australia”, sentenced.

The preliminary phase

Carlos Alcaraz had the Serbian in front Lukáš Lacko in the first round of the classification (qualy) and came out on the fast track, with a double 6-3. Later, the rival to beat was the Italian Andrea Pellegrino, who was also clearly beaten by 6-1 6-2. Finally, the victory over the Chilean Alexander Tabilo for double 6-1 was the confirmation of his remarkable rise in the professional circuit, in which he is still waiting to make a long haul.

Bernabe Zapata Miralles

Bernabe Zapata Miralles, 24, like Carlos Alcaraz, had to overcome the qualifying round, winning his three matches on Parisian clay. First switched to French Kyrian Jacquet, with victory in three sets, by 4-6 6-1 6-4.

Then the Kazakh Dmitri Popkó, whom he managed to beat by 7-5 6-0. Finally, he obtained the goal of scoring for the main key after beating the Australian Marc Polmans for 6-4 6-0.