The 19-year-old Spaniard, who had just beaten Rafael Nadal, beat world number one 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) and made history. Wait for Tsitsipas or Zverev.
Carlos Alcaraz (9th) never ceases to admire the world. The 19-year-old Spanish tennis player -recently- dealt a new big blow to Madrid Masters 1000: then delete a Rafael Nadal (4th) 6-2, 1-6 and 6-3 in the quarterfinals, today he charges nothing and nothing less than Novak Djokovic (1st) 6-7 (5), 7-5 and 7-6 (5) for 3 hours and 35 minutes. So he went in final of the contest, where he waits for Stefanos Tsitsipas (5th) of Alexander Zverev (3rd).
The record Alcaraz reached after beating Nadal and Djokovic
The Spanish tennis player, to him 19 years and two daysmade history this Saturday in Madrid. He became the youngest player to lose to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in the same tournament, as well as the only player to do so on clay., natural habitat of his countrymen. This man is a serious matter!
But not only that, but also hijacked a record from Fiera at the Mutua Madrid Open: in 2005, Nadal, at the age of 19 years and 5 months, made history as the youngest player in the final tournament. In the victory against the Serbian, Alcaraz, who from Monday will be the sixth player in the world, maintained that mark.
In a epic and dramatic duel that even had to fall apart in the first setthe Spanish player added his ninth consecutive win and achieved the sixth in a row against a Top 10. Alcaraz, who on Friday became the youngest to beat Rafael Nadal in the dust, standing on the brink of the fifth title of his careerthe fourth of the current season, after ATP 500 in Rio de Janeiro, the Masters 1000 in Miami and the ATP 500 in Barcelona. Earlier, he won ATP 250 from Umag in 2021.
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Source: Tycsports
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