Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz recovered from an early stumble to coast into the third round of Wimbledon on Wednesday, after beating Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic in straight sets.
The third seed Alcaraz battled to take the opening set against his 69th-ranked opponent before settling down and powering through to win 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 6-2.
From 5-2 up in the first set, the Spaniard briefly lost his way to trail 5-6, but with the pressure on, Alcaraz broke back to force a tie-break and from then on it was one-way traffic.
The 21-year-old broke twice in the second set and repeated the feat in set three, hitting a total of 42 winners.
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Alcaraz, who beat Novak Djokovic in last year’s Wimbledon final, wrapped up victory in one hour, 48 minutes.
