Carlos Alcaraz is on a roll He couldn’t have celebrated his 20th birthday better on Friday. A few days later, a big celebration after reaching the goal of reaffirming the title in Masters 1000 ATP Mutua Madrid Open.
This is his tenth title, out of thirteen finals played. He broke his record in Umag 2021. He continued it, in 2022, in Rio, Miami, Godó, Madrid and the US Open. So far in 2023, Buenos Aires, Indian Wells and a repeat of the Godó-Madrid double.
Only Rafael Nadal has previously revalidated the title in Caja Mágica, in the 2013 and 2014 editions.
He started the course with the misfortune of a hamstring injury in his right leg that left him out of the Australian Open, which eventually cost him one of his two losses: against Cameron Norrie in the final in Rio, he fell in the best physical condition against Jannik Sinner in the ‘semis’ of Miami. The rest, victories: 29 of 31 duels, 19 of 20 on the ground. Eleven in a row. In Spain, 21-0 since surrendering to nadal in Madrid 2021, on the day of his 18th birthday.
Repeat on Mutua Madrid is openbut he took another sculpture different from the one he bit in 2021. Once the trophy is canceled Ion Tiriacwhich sold the rights to the event to the multinational IMG, the organization decided to change the design annually.
As it explains David Rodriguez, creator of the stainless steel piece, is due to “that idea of an art collection”. has two Alcaraz, who raised ‘Agon’. “Competition in Greek”, said the artist. The female champion did this the other day, Aryna Sabalenka.
Like this one, a check of 1,105,265 euros for Carlos Alcaraz, who already got one for 58,000 a few weeks ago in Barcelona. He exceeded three and a half million dollars in earnings (official ATP currency) this season, ranking at the height of the Russian. Daniel Medvedevwhich is the most entered so far.
He Mutua Madrid is open It has an endowment of 17,596,356 dollars, 8,796,356 for the ATP tournament and 8,800,000 for the women’s WTA.
Alcaraz accumulated 1,000 ranking points for the best, allowing him to remain just 5 behind No. 1 by Novak Djokovic, which he will surpass if he decides to play in Rome (May 10-21). Playing a game is enough, even if you lose it.
A perfect panorama for Carlos Alcaraz, with Roland Garros between his eyebrows. It starts on Sunday, May 28.
Source: La Verdad
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