Carlos Alcaraz will reclaim the No.1 rating and go into the French Open as high seed after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-1 in his first Italian Open match.
Alcaraz will move Novak Djokovic for the highest spot when the rankings are subsequent printed on Could 22, additionally making certain he’ll get the No.1 seeding on the French Open, which begins on Could 28.
Alcaraz double-faulted handy Ramos-Vinolas a break of his serve within the opening sport 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 gradual situations 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 yr.
In different second-round matches, sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev beat Alex Molcan 6-3 6-4; JJ 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, received his opening match on Friday.
The beginning of play was delayed for almost two hours on account of rain and there was additionally a quick interruption in the course of the first set of the Rublev-Molcan match. Then there was a downpour in the course of the remaining factors, as Rublev hurried to shut it out.
“I can relaxation now and I can relaxation tomorrow. I needn’t stress ready,” mentioned Rublev, who received the Monte Carlo Masters final month. “It’s totally fortunate when you’ll be able to end simply earlier than the rain and that a lot of the gamers nonetheless did not play.”
