Alcaraz shows off and defeats Zverev in just over an hour in Madrid

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There has been no battle. There has been almost no end. In just over an hour, 62 minutes, Carlos, Carlitos, Alcaraz has put an end to a spectacular week in which he has knocked out Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic and has won his second Masters 1,000 with an exhibition against Alexander Zverev, world number 3, who has conceded a convincing 6-3 and 6- one. And on Monday he will climb to sixth place in the ATP ranking.

Five finals and five titles. Yes last year alcaraz He appeared at the Caja Mágica in 120th place in the world, a year later the 19-year-old tennis player will jump this Monday to sixth place in the world. Brutal. “I have a great time playing tennis, I have a lot of fun,” said the young man from Murcia, the earliest champion of the Madrid tournament. From January to May, Alcaraz is the second best player in the world getting points.

The first set lasted barely half an hour. Alcaraz gave no choice. With the initial nerves gone and the reception of the 12,5000 spectators that packed the Caja Mágica, the Murcian tennis player took command of the match, solidly and with the same energy shown during the week and, without needing to put that sixth speed that he imposed, in the two previous battles against Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Zverev did not force him. The German tennis player did not enter the Manolo Santana with the conviction and attitude necessary to stop the young Murcian tennis player.

“I have a great time playing tennis, I have a lot of fun”

Alcaraz, tennis player

“I have no words to describe everything I feel for you, team. I started when I was 15 years old with Juan Carlos,” said the Murcian. “We have been able to face the difficulties in the best possible way, without you it would not have been possible to win today,” said the tennis player, who as soon as the final ended he wrote on the TV camera: ‘Long live Palmar and Long live Murcia!

Alcaraz, as his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero had asked him, insisted on the need to pay attention to Zverev’s powerful serve, his great weapon, and avoid the down the line backhand that he likes so much. He had the first chance to break in the fourth game, but Zverev saved it with four powerful serves over 210 kms. But on the second opportunity he did not waste it.

At 22 minutes and with a blank game, Alcaraz snatched the serve. Not only that. The young Murcian tennis player chained 10 points in a row against a Zverev who was walking from one side of the court to the other as if the game was not his thing. A stranger. His legs were heavy. Perhaps for having played the semifinal at dawn against Stefanos Tsitsipas and for going to bed after four.

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There has not been much more to explain about the game. Zverev, who had beaten him both times they had faced each other, couldn’t even fight. Any. He delivered by finishing the match with two double faults, despite the fact that on Saturday night he stayed behind to train his serve after beating Tsitsipas.

And it is after Juan Carlos Ferrero (2005) and Rafa Nadal, who conquered it up to five times, the third Spanish tennis player to win the title in Madrid. “He is the best player in the world, he is the one who is in the best shape on the circuit. You are going to win many titles,” Zverev predicted, who apologized to the Madrid public for not being able to compete in the final, devastated as it was by Alcaraz.



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