Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and world number one Jannik Sinner reached the Wimbledon second round Monday as Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka withdrew with an injury.
As Alcaraz and Sinner, two of the men at the vanguard of tennis’s new generation moved on, 37-year-old Andy Murray kept his fans guessing over his participation at the All England Club.
Alcaraz defeated dreadlocked 269th-ranked qualifier Mark Lajal of Estonia 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 6-2, recovering from breaks down in the first two sets.
The Spaniard, still only 21, is chasing his fourth Grand Slam title and hopes to become just the sixth man to win the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back.