The Spanish number 2 of the placement list needed three sets against Damir Dzumhur from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The set positions were 6-2 2-6 6-3.
For Alcaraz, who had a Bye in the first round, it was his first game since his defeat in the final of Wimbledon against Italian Jannik Sinner. The 22-year-old Spaniard started energetically, but lost his storage game twice in the second set against the eleven-year-older Bosnian. With a break in the fourth game of the third set, Alcaraz seemed to force a decision. Dzumhur broke back, but then lost his service game again after a double error.
Alcaraz will face the winner of the party between Tallon Griekspoor and the Serbian Hamad Medjedovic in the third round.