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Carlos Alcaraz opened his Wimbledon title defence with a hard-fought victory over Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal. The Spaniard won 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 6-2 to begin proceedings on Centre Court. Alcaraz is attempting to win back-to-back major titles after triumphing at the French Open last month. “Stepping on this court, it …

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz says it feels “more special” to return to Wimbledon as he prepares to open play on Centre Court when the tournament starts on Monday. Spain’s Alcaraz, now 21, beat seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in last year’s final, despite it being only his fourth grass-court tournament. Tradition …

Carlos Alcaraz has labelled his French Open semi-final against Jannik Sinner as the match “everybody wants to watch”. The pair are the highest-ranked players remaining in the men’s singles draw following Novak Djokovic’s withdrawal. Italy’s Sinner, who will become the new world number one on Monday, is on a 12-match …

Carlos Alcaraz made light work of Stefanos Tsitsipas to set up a tantalising French Open semi-final against incoming world number one Jannik Sinner. Spanish third seed Alcaraz, 21, won 6-3 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 against Greek ninth seed Tsitsipas on the Roland Garros clay. It was the second year running that …