Turin, June 30 (LaPresse) – Fabio Fognini came close to pulling off a feat against Carlos Alcaraz, surrendering only in the fifth set in the first round of Wimbledon, the third Slam of the current season on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. The Italian tennis player, No. 138 in the Atp rankings, succumbed after a nearly four-and-a-half-hour confrontation with a score of 5-7, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-2, 1-6. The match was interrupted for more than a quarter of an hour during the fifth set, with the Spaniard ahead 3-0, due to an illness that befell a spectator in the Central stands. In the second round Alcaraz, defending champion in London, will face Britain's Oliver Tarvet, world number 733.