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Alcaraz begins the defense of the throne in Roland Garros

The Murcian will measure Marozsan in the second round

May 26, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz’s authority became present in Roland Garros.

The second standard head began on Monday the defense of the throne in Paris, where he has the opportunity to start a historical legacy at the top of the beaten earth. The Spaniard surpassed the Italian Giulio Zeppieri (6-3, 6-4, 6-2) to undertake the way with a full strength, demonstrating the state of form with which he has reached the forest of Bologna. With gallons of current champion for the first time in the tournament, the Murcia assumed responsibility with both hands.

Alcaraz had to overcome an always dangerous obstacle in the costumes: a player with everything to win on the other side of the network. Zeppieri’s ease, which had gone through the previous phase without delivering a single manga, a statement of intentions in Paris, served to encourage a highly anticipated premiere in the Court Suzanne Longline. The Spanish solved the first two sleeves with just a break in his favor and lived a definitive set full of intensity, where the Italian threatened to extend the fight.

“It has been a very, very solid game,” said Alcaraz, who accumulates eight consecutive victories about the clay of Paris. “The first round of the tournament is never simple, and arriving as a current champion is even harder. But I have started really well, I have maintained a good intensity throughout the game. I have tried to be focused on my game and take a good rhythm.”

“I feel proud of my debut at Roland Garros. I was excited to play my first game here this year.”

Carlos has landed in Roland Garros after drawing a European season of sensational clay, with the crowns of Montecarlo and Rome as a huge impulse towards Paris. The Murcian, who also reached the final of Barcelona, ​​accumulates a 16-1 balance this year on the surface that will issue a sentence in the capital of France. If track security is a favorable attribute towards deeds, Spanish comes fully reinforced to the second Grand Slam of the season.

This conviction will be a necessary factor on the road to Alcaraz, located before a picture that will place it between challenges permanently. The Spanish will play the second round of Roland Garros against Fabian Marozsan, one of the few men present in the final painting that knows the taste of a clay victory against the current champion. The Hungarian, who keeps the pulse (1-1) in the history of Lexus ATP Head2head, won in Rome 2023 in the clash that began the rivalry between them.

A day after the historic tribute to Rafael Nadal in the Philippe Chatrier, the climax to an adventure that changed forever the dimension of the tournament, another Spanish player takes the witness in the great temple of the clay.

Did you know what …?
Carlos Alcaraz aspires to become the sixth man of the open era capable of defending his first individual title of Roland Garros. The Murcian, who in 2024 raised his first cup of musketeers, can follow the steps of figures such as Jan Kodes (1970-71), Björn Borg (1974-75), Jim Courier (1991-92) Sergi Bruguera (1993-94) and Rafael Nadal (2005-06).