Carlos Alcaraz turned 19 years on May 5 and started his 20 with two days of two wins over the two from ‘The Big 3’. The amazing rising star of the tennis world is setting high goals for the fellow youngsters of his age. Carlos Alcaraz defeated the World number 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the Madrid Open 2022.
The 7th-seed Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the Madrid Open 2022 Finals. He will clash in the finals with either the 2nd-seed Alexander Zverev or the Greek number one, Stefanos Tsitsipas. The match will commence from 10:00 PM IST/4:30 PM GMT on Sunday, May 8.
Match summary of Carlos defeating the World number 1 Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic snatched the first set by a minor difference in the tie break. Djokovic wrapped the first set by a frantic finish at 6-5 in the tiebreak. Novak played clean as his first serves, as well as the second serves, were 80% average. In the second set, Alcaraz was not in the mood to drop any game as in the first set. He turned around all the stats in his favour by winning two on two break points against Djokovic. He was successful to get a break from Novak at 5-6 turning it to 5-7.
The final and the decider set was again the counterpart of the first set. Both continued to flood the set with supersonic backhands and forehands. Carlos corrected the unfinished magical touches and unforced errors in the last set concluding the match by 6-7,7-5,7-6.
he is the future of men’s tennis. but at the same time, he is also present because of what he’s already achieved
Novak Djokovic stated on the rise of Carlos Alcaraz
It was clearly an extremely tough and tight match for both. Djokovic mostly these days starts any match with the first set drop which ultimately turns into a win with two straight-set wins. But the semifinal was not the same as other matches as it was against the Spanish champ Alcaraz. Carlos did not just do defeat the world number one, but the day before the semifinals Alcaraz defeated the 21-majors titleholder, Rafael Nadal. He conquered the quarterfinal against Rafa in a three-set fight (6-2,1-6,6-3).
It will be a must await and historic moment for Alcaraz to face Roger Federer on his return to the tour. Alcaraz defeated Nadal in just their second meet and overcome the Serbian Novak Djokovic in the very first meeting. He may be the new record holder or create some new records.
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