Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the second round of the ATP 500 China Open
The second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) started with a straight-set victory at the ATP 500 China Open in Beijing against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France). The Spanish tennis player won his first round match by 2-0 (6:4, 6:4) in 1:22 hours.
the Spanish tennis player cruised to the victory with one break in the first game of each set, which he saved by the end of the match. However, in the first set he needed to save three breakpoints in the last game, but did it in great way.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard made hot aces (7-5), but also more double faults (6-1). On the other hand Carlos Alcaraz had 61% success in the first serve and won 74% from the first serve points and 82% from the second serve points. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard had a very bad percentage on the first serve as he had only 44% success in the component.
The next opponent of Carlos Alcaraz will be Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands), who eliminated Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia) by 2-1 (6:7, 6:4, 6:3). Carlos Alcaraz and Tallon Griekspoor had a head-to-head balance of 3-0 with their last match at the Paris 2024 Olympics, when the Spanish player won by 2-0 (6:1, 7:6).
In another match from the day, the seventh-seeded Karen Khachanov (Russia) eliminated the lucky-loser Roberto Carballes Baena (Spain) after 2-0 (6:4, 6:4).
