The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz climbed back to number one in the world, the Serbian Novak DJokovic6-7 (5), 7-5 and 7-6 (5), and reached the final of the Masters 1000 de Madrid who will play against the German Alexander Zverev or the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas. After the huge victory, he became the twelfth player in history to beat both Rafael Nadal and Djokovic in the same tournament.
alcarazwho will be the sixth player in the world on Monday, became the youngest finalist in the tournament and the second youngest to topple the Balkan tennis player after 18-year-old Filip Krajinovic.
In an epic and dramatic duel, resolved after three hours and 35 minutes of play, the Spanish player added his ninth victory in a row and achieved the sixth consecutive against a ‘top ten’.
alcarazwho on Friday became the youngest to beat Rafael Nadal on clay, is the first youngest to defeat the Spaniard and Djokovic consecutively.
At nineteen years and two days old, the player from El Palmar was on the verge of the fifth title of his career, the fourth this year, after Rio de Janeiro, Masters 1,000 in Miami and Barcelona
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