Carlos Alcarazon the day of his nineteenth birthday, beat Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-7(4) and 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open where will face Rafael Nadal, five times champion in Madrid.
Alcaraz took two hours and 39 minutes to get rid of the British player, eleventh in the world and whom he had beaten twice before, although both on hard court.
The Spaniard, ninth in the ranking, the best he has had so far, aspires to his first title in Madrid, which he has disputed, with this, on two occasions. He faces the tournament as a brand new champion in Barcelona, a success that he added to the Masters 1000 in Miami and Rio, achieved this year, and to Umag, in the past.
A double fault sealed the victory of the Spaniard, more demanding than expected and that Nadal will be measured as everyone expected.
