Paris, May 26 -- Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz began his title defence in style by staging a comprehensive victory over Giulio Zeppieri on Monday in the French Open.
The young Spaniard registered a flashy start to breeze past the Italian in the next round with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 on the clay court in a fixture that lasted for one hour and 56 minutes.
Following his recent triumph, Alcaraz, who is en route to becoming the first player to successfully defend the title in Paris since Spain's maestro Rafael Nadal in 2019-20, now boasts 16 of his 17 tour-level matches on clay this year.
"It was really, really solid. The first round of the tournament is never easy, coming here as the defending champion could be even tougher. But I just started pret...
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