Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz has backed his game to bring him success on grass and believes he can win Wimbledon this year.

- Wimbledon - Wimbledon - Wimbledon For me to move well on grass is the hardest thing. I’m trying to copy some things from the best ones. “I would say I’m able to play well on grass.

Carlos Alcaraz faced the best possible version of Struff at Wimbledon and he was able to overcome it in a thrilling battle 4-6 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

He played a brutal point down 0-2 in the tiebreak that changed everything. He even took the lead and served out the 2nd set 6-4. Jan Lennard Struff brough the best version of himself to the court today and it was still not enough against the thrilling Spaniard. The German served well, returned well, attacked well and covered the net as if he had 10 arms but it was still not enough.

Carlos Alcaraz completed an epic five-set win over Jan-Lennard Struff at Wimbledon on Monday by the score of 4-6 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

Wimbledon That was until the ninth game, when Alcaraz found the break and roared with delight as he leapt up and down. Wimbledon

Not since Rafa Nadal circa 2005 has there been this level of excitement about a Spanish prospect, with fifth seed Alcaraz winning a five-set thriller ...

I had four days to get ready, so I was a little interested to see how I was going to play. Third seed Casper Ruud dispatched Albert Ramos Vinolas in straight sets and said: ‘I haven’t played much on grass this year. Third seed Casper Ruud dispatched Albert Ramos Vinolas in straight sets in the first round

A recap of the Wimbledon Round 1 five-set thriller between Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.

But Struff managed to hold strong, and the match stayed on serve until the tiebreak. The serve held well, as Alcaraz fired an ace to give himself two looks at match point, which he converted on the second try to take a tightly contested first round win. But the German came back with another strong performance to take the third 6-4 again, and to set the crowd buzzing over a possible upset.

Alcaraz's resilience and fitness paid off but he said that he hopes to raise his level as the tournament goes on. “I enjoyed [the match] a lot,” Alcaraz said in ...

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Not until the match was more than four hours old did the No. 5 seed take the lead, at 4-all in the fifth, before closing out the German Monday.

A Top 60 mainstay for much of his career, ranked as high as 29 less than two years ago, Struff suffered a foot injury that kept him off the tour for two months this spring. This year at The Championships, Alcaraz is seeded fifth. That match was played on Court 6, a field court where on-site attendance likely did not crack 1,000 roving spectators. Van Uytvanck; Sinner vs. Davidovich Fokina; Raducanu vs. Wimbledon Cressy; Williams vs. Muchova; Auger-Aliassime vs. Wimbledon Wimbledon Wimbledon Wimbledon