Carlos Alcaraz will not forget the Mutua Madrid Open. Especially if he wins this Sunday at 6:30 pm, against Alexander Zverev or Stefanos Tsitsipas. Although he will always remember that at the age of 19 he was able to defeat his idol at home Rafael Nadal and at number one Novak Djokovic. He has clinched 41 Grand Slam titles, eight in this Masters 1000 ATP tournament.
Murcian hunting record of two of the three main characters of the golden age ‘Big 3’ (Roger Federer is missing, 40 years old and battling a knee injury). No one did it at such a young age. In his case at 19 years and 2 days. He was also the first to achieve this difficult double on consecutive days on clay.
Yes, there are precedents on other surfaces. For two consecutive days, Nadal and Djokovic will be joined by four other players. The Argentinian david nalbandian he exactly opened the series at the Madrid Arena, in 2007, when the tournament was played on a hard court. In this kind of field they were joined by the Americans Andy Roddickin Dubai 2008, the Russian Nikolai Davydenkoin Shanghai 2009, and Roger Federer, in the 2010 ATP Finals.
In total there were twelve, including Carlitos Alcaraz, who surpassed Nadal and Djokovic in the same ATP tournament. The two most recent cases were signed by the Russians at the London 2020 ATP Finals Daniel Medvedev and the Austrian Dominic Thiem.
Source: La Verdad
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