Published on : 08/05/2022 – 20:48
The young Spanish prodigy Carlos Alcaraz crowned his dream week in Madrid with a second title in the Masters 1000 by crushing Sunday May 8 the world No.3 and trophy holder Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-1 in 62 minutes, two weeks away. of Roland-Garros (May 22-June 5). To reach the final, Alcaraz had offered one after the other victories against Rafael Nadal, king of ocher, and the world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the previous rounds, unheard of in the same tournament on clay. He also became the youngest to manage to beat both of them. Carlos Alcaraz will climb to sixth place in the world on Monday, just four days after turning 19. At just 19 years old, Alcaraz now has five titles to his name, including two Masters 1000 after his success in Miami in early April and four on clay, his favorite surface. He is the youngest to reach this total since Nadal in 2005 (at 18) and has still not lost a single final. By beating Nadal, Djokovic, then Zverev over his Madrid week, Alcaraz became the first player to beat three top 4 players since David Nalbandian in 2007 (Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, already in Madrid, then on hard).