Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz followed his win over Rafael Nadal with victory over World No 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the Madrid Open final, where he will be bidding for ...

Available to download now on - iPhone & iPad and Android His win over 20-time major winner Djokovic a day later - in which he amassed 51 winners to his opponent's 24 - means he is now the first player to beat Nadal and Djokovic on consecutive days on a clay court. Carlos Alcaraz followed his win over Rafael Nadal with victory over World No 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the Madrid Open final, where he will be bidding for his fourth title of the year.

Carlos Alcaraz looks to back up wins against Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic with a victory over Alexander Zverev in the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open final.

Koolhof and Skupski, who stand atop the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Team Rankings, are competing in a tour-leading sixth final of the year as they aim for a fourth title. Nonetheless, he said post-match that he planned to return to the court to practise ahead ahead of facing his "toughest opponent of the week" in the final. Cabal and Farah, both former World No. 1s in the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Rankings, seek their first title of 2022 in their second final of the season. All that success made Alcaraz the newest member of the Top 10 himself entering this week, and his final run has lifted three more places to No. 6 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings. "After today's match, of course with my team, with my family, we are going to have a great time to enjoy the moment. After beating Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic for the first time to set up a title tilt against defending champion Alexander Zverev, the 19-year-old seeks his first win in three tries against the German on Sunday.

Carlos Alcaraz is no longer allowing nerves to get the better of him and said that he is ready to regularly go toe-to-toe with the top players after the ...

but I think that I am ready." I think that when you have to play best-of-five sets... In those decisive moments is when you see the good players and the top players, I want to make a difference on that," added Alcaraz, who will move up to sixth when the new rankings are released on Monday.

Alcaraz, a Spaniard who turned 19 on Thursday, will be the youngest player to ever compete in a Madrid Open final.

Alcaraz became the first on Saturday, and his joyous celebration after the Djokovic win explains exactly how much it meant to him. Alcaraz reached the semifinals by defeating world No. 4 Rafael Nadal in the previous round. Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player to reach a final in Madrid Open history after taking down world No. 1 Novak Djokovic during Saturday's semifinals.

Carlos Alcaraz became the first man to beat Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic — who have combined to win 41 Grand Slam titles — at the same clay court event.

With Djokovic serving at 4-5, 30-all, Alcaraz ended a long rally by ripping another forehand winner into the open court to bring him to match point. I mean, tomorrow I will go for the final as I did in Miami and really happy to play a second Masters 1000 final.” Asked if there was a limit to what he can achieve, Alcaraz said, “I don’t think so. After falling in the first set tiebreak, he seized control in the second set and continued to show a willingness to use the drop shot off both wings. He won the second set by chasing down a Djokovic drop shot and deftly hitting a forehand winner into the open court. Djokovic had 24 winners and 31 unforced errors and was just 11-of-25 at net.

One day after defeating Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals, Carlos Alcaraz, the 19-year-old sensation from Spain, rallied to beat Novak Djokovic in a match ...

In the first set as well it was so close in the tiebreak. He became the first player to defeat both Djokovic and Nadal at the same clay-court event. "Despite the tension, despite being the semifinals of a Masters 1000, being 7-6 in the third-set tiebreaker... "It was so close," Alcaraz said. Until the last point I was being able to smile." "It was one of those matches to enjoy," Alcaraz said.

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz came from behind to beat world number one Novak Djokovic 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) to reach the Madrid Open final, where on Sunday ...

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Carlos Alcaraz reflects on his semi-final victory over Novak Djokovic at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open.

I think I am able to play long rallies," he said. I want to make a difference, because in those key, decisive matches, I want to go for the match," he said. "As I have always said, you have to try to go for the match," he began.

Nadal one day, Djokovic the next. The list of victims of Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz keeps growing.

In the first set as well it was so close in the tiebreak. He converted his third match point in front of a raucous home crowd on the Caja Mágica centre court. “Despite the tension, despite being the semi-finals, being 7-6 in the third-set tiebreaker... Until the last point I was being able to smile.” “It was one of those matches to enjoy,” Alcaraz said. Nadal one day, Djokovic the next.