Spanish teenager tennis star Carlos Alcaraz won his second ATP Masters 1000 title at the Madrid Open after beating defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-1 in front of his home crowd on Sunday.
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Carlos Alcaraz looked great throughout his run at the claycourt tournament, where he stunned 21-times major winner Rafa Nadal and world number one Novak Djokovic before cruising past world number three Zverev in the title clash.
Perhaps the most wonderful moments of life ,Friday;beats Rafael Nadal ,Saturday: beats Novak Djokovic and Sunday: beats Alexander Zverev in final .
Una escena que recordaremos siempre 😍
Inmejorable manera de celebrar el 2⃣0⃣ aniversario.
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The 19-year-old is the youngest player since start of the ATP Tour in 1990 to Beat three top-five players at the same event.
Carlos Alcaraz, who win his first Masters 1000 title in Miami last month.
Ranked 120 in the world just a year ago, Carlos Alcaraz will rise to a career-high no. 6 in the new rankings on Monday.
“It feels great to be able to beat these players. To beat two of the best players in history and then Zverev, the world number three. He is a great player,” Carlos Alcaraz said .
“I would say this is the best week of my life. I am 19 years old, which I think is the key to be able to play long and tough matches in a row. I am feeling great physically.”
Alexander Zverev on Carlos Alcaraz ,he said ,”I want to congratulate Carlitos. Right now you are the best player in the world.
It is great for tennis that we have such a new superstar that is going to win so many Grand Slams, that is going to be world number one and I think is going to win this tournament many more times.”
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