Alcaraz hopes to become the first player on the men's tour since Bjorn Borg to complete the French Open-Wimbledon double in consecutive years. Alcaraz is only the third defending Wimbledon champion all-time to be taken to five sets in the first round of the following year's Grand Slam.

John McEnroe believes Carlos Alcaraz has been warned that he can’t afford to underestimate players at Wimbledon after he flirted with a shock first-round defeat at the hands of Fabio Fognini. Alcaraz stepped onto Centre Court with a 14-0 win streak at the grass-court Grand Slam as he has won the last two editions while he also won his last 18 top-level matches as he started the tournament on the back of title runs at the Italian Open,

Carlos Alcaraz survived a major scare from Italian veteran Fabio Fognini as the world number two started his bid for a third successive Wimbledon title with a marathon five-set victory on Monday. Fognini had given Alcaraz a much sterner test than expected,