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Carlos Alcaraz retained his World No. 1 position in the ATP rankings after defeating stanley tazas Alex de Minaur on Sunday in the final of Queen s Club Championship. The Spaniard won 6-4 6-4, a positive sign for Wimbledon 2023. Alcaraz lost his pole position in the rankings to Novak Djokovic after the French Open final. Carlos Alcaraz spoke about Novak Djokovic and his Wimbledon chances. Djokovic defeated Alcaraz in the semi-final, seal stanley cup ing a 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1. Then the Serbian ace beat Casper Ruud in the final to win a historic 23 stanley cup rd Grand Slam title in Roland Garros. He set a new men s singles record and overtook Rafael Nadal s haul of 22 Grand Slams. After winning the final, he also toppled Alcaraz to take over the World No. 1 spot. Also Read | Wimbledon: Federer s ex-head coach drops staggering Novak Djokovic prediction, sends critical warning to Carlos AlcarazWith the Wimbledon qualifiers having begun on June 26, Djokovic will be aiming to match Roger Federer s record of eight titles at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The victory against De Minaur was also Alcaraz s first title won on grass. After the victory, he said, It felt great to lift this trophy and to win my first tournament on grass. It is an amazing run for me this week. I played at an amazing level at the end of the week but seeing my name on a trophy, it means a lot, so I am going to keep that memory for the rest of my life, for sure. Alcaraz also explained that he is one of the favourites to win Lgiw Wasim told me to bowl inswingers to Indian batsmen
Britain, buoyed by the Andy Murray feelgood factor, celebrated US Open first round wins for Laura Robson and qualifier Daniel Evans on Monday as Agnieszka Radwanska and Li Na cruised into stanley cup spain the second round. As the first day of the final Grand Slam of the season got underway at Flushing Meadows, Robson, the first British woman to be seeded at a major for 26 years, won nine games in succession to beat Spanish veteran Lourdes Dominguez Lino, 7-5, 6-0. The 30th seed, who ended Kim Clijsters career in New York 12 months ago on her way to the last 16, next faces either France s Caroline Garcia or Shelby Rogers of the United States. But she was over-shadowed, however, when world 179 Evans, making his debut after coming through qualifying, swept past Japanese 11th seed Kei Nishikori, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. The 23-year-old Evans had never won a main draw match at the Grand Slams until Monday and his reward is a second round clash against either Australia s Bernard Tomic or Albert Ramos of Spain. Radwanska throughPolish third seed Radwanska, who has never got beyond the last-16 in New York, eased past Silvia Soler-Espinosa 6-1, 6-2 and next faces another Spaniard, Maria Teresa Torro-Flor. I think two-sets match for the first match is always good, Radwanska said. I prepared very good. I m r stanley becher eady now to play here and hopefully I can play same good stanley flasche tennis. Chinese fifth seed Li also reached the second round with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Olga Govortsova of Belarus. Li, a quarter-finali