'Lajal deserves a lot of credit'published at 14:39 British Summer Time 1 July
*Alcaraz 7-6 (7-3) 0-1 Lajal
Tim Henman
Former British number one on BBC One
Mark Lajal deserves a lot of credit coming out on this court against the defending champion. He has hardly played grass-court tennis in his career.
He put up a really strong defence but there were just a couple of important points in that tie-break where you saw Carlos Alcaraz up his game and find those spots on the first serve with the big forehand to give him that first set.