WATCH: Carlos Alcaraz beats Mark Lajal in three straight sets to get to round 2 of Wimbledon 2024

The First round of Wimbledon has just begun and we have seen some great matches already. Though it is still early into the tournament we are still getting to see our favorite players in these games. The player who everyone had an eye on was World number 3 and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard has already achieved Grand Slam glory and will be looking forward to defending his Wimbledon crown this season.

The Spaniard was up against non-seeded player Mark Lajal. This on paper was an easy game for Carlos Alcaraz and there is no doubt that everyone was backing him in the game. The 21-year-old Spanish prodigy is already having a great season and will be wanting to start his season well and get the better of the Estonian player. Though it looked like an easy win for Alcaraz on paper he still had to give a great performance and make sure he won this game to get through to the 2nd round.

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Alcaraz secures a straight victory

To be fair this was not the most comfortable victory for the 3-time Grand Slam champion as he had to go through a tiebreaker in the first set, which he eventually won and took control of the game. The second set also saw Lajal give the Spaniard a scare as he broke his service early on, but Alcaraz still came back and won the second set 7-5. In the next set, we saw the real class of Carlos as he completely dominated the Lajal winning the game 6-2 and getting through to round 2 of the Grand Slam event.

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Picking up where he left off...@carlosalcaraz advances to the second round, beating Mark Lajal 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-2#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/TeyEXfAopw

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 1, 2024

This was still a brilliant straight victory for Alacaraz and he will be happy that he got through to this round. It was still great to see the young Lajal give a bit of a fight, but in the end, he had to bow down to one of the best players in the tournament. This was a great start to Alcaraz's title defense and he will be looking to take one game at a time and make sure defends his Wimbledon title.