Round 1 Highlights: Carlos Alcaraz vs Mark Lajal

Yes, thank you. Oh what 1/2 Polly that is showing some good wheels here getting out wide with the squash shot. And this was not easy for Alcorath. That looked like prime Henman. I would have volleyed it. Steady Nick. It's only day one. What a mightily impressive game that is from the Estonian qualifier game. He just found himself for the ladder position, didn't he? And he paid a heavy price for it. Drop the ball short and you're going to be punished against Alcoa. What an overhead that is. Looks like a really curious good old now. Good moving forward and back. That is not an easy shot, getting the crowd involved. Stars. What a comprehensive hold. Let's go play. What a point. Real. What do we give him for this dive, Nick. Pretty graceful compared to mine. That's a 10. In the end, it's a rather tame conclusion to an opening set that was full of entertainment. Two men who have a massive golf in terms of their ranking. Not much to separate them on the court, but the defending champion takes the 1st 76. Oh, he's punished him. There wasn't much room up the line of what there was. Game, loose game, couple of errors. Couple of gifts from Alcorat, the other to watch it carefully. Straightforward finish four games, all second set. Couldn't have probably hit it any better. It almost didn't even bounce. That was just court change over the fortnight, the check return paying dividends for him. He tied him up once again. You know, that little bit of nuance. Seven games to five. Carlos Alcaraz holds a two set lead here against the Estonian qualifier. Great strike on that side, Yeah. Al Quran. OK Al Quran gang, Al Karan gang. That's a winning return to Centre Court for the defending champion 767562. Carlos Alcorat prevails in three entertaining sets against the Estonian qualifier. We'll hopefully be hearing more from Mark Leyow that the man from Murthia is off to a winning start.