The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the third round of Roland Garros 2023, second tournament grand slam of the season’, beating the Japanese 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and 6-2 taro daniel This Wednesday, a triumph worked on the main court Philippe Chatrier.

The world number one has imposed its law in his first game against the Asian playerwhich made it difficult for him and he won the second set. Alcaraz raised the level and advanced with authority until the third round, where the Canadian awaits him Denis Shapovalov. The Spaniard, on a mission to win his second “big”, He put one more gear in Paris.

After a simple start on Monday, The Murcian found himself with a windswept Paris centre-back and a confident rival to the point of complicating sometimes. Alcaraz, champion of the land tour of Barcelona and Madrid, He quickly found the “break” and a controlled first set, but the wind took him out of the match.

That of El Palmar took time to adapt to the situation and so came 1-1. The Asian was solid in the exchanges and his consistency was rewarded, with an early “break” which allowed him to command, forcing the world number one to wake up as soon as possible. Alcaraz was showing signs of resurfacing and came back with everything in the third set. A 5-0 was the Spaniard’s answer to the partial defeat.

A statement of intent from the number one favourite, with the pace he wanted in the game. At this level, Alcaraz was unstoppable despite dropping his serve early in the fourtht. These were the final blows to Daniel as the pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero won five straight games to close out the game.

Alcaraz’s right marked the wayonce the wind and the slowdown of the second set had been overcome, to go 32-3 in their matches in 2024 and prepare your tennis for one step further Shapovalov.

(With information from European press)