Carlos Alcaraz falls in his debut against Austrian Alexander Erler

The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image, 10th favorite of the Kitzbühel tournament (Austria), lost in the first round to Austrian Alexander Erler, invited by the organization, by 7-5, 1-6 and 6-2.

Alcaraz, who has just won his first ATP circuit title in Umag (Croatia), showed signs of fatigue in the third set, since he has accumulated a total of six games in the last seven days, and in addition, he has been dragging certain discomforts from last week on his arm right, where he wears a bulky bandage.

The 18-year-old tennis player from Murcia is the present and future of world tennis, since he is the first of the 2003 generation to win a tournament.

Juan Carlos Ferrero's pupil, former world number 1 and winner of a Roland Garros, will rest for a few days to resume the North American hard court tour that will begin in early August with the tournaments in Washington and Toronto.