Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, 9th in the world and seeded N.7, won the Madrid Masters 1000 by beating in the final the winner of last year, the German Alexander Zverev, 3rd in the world and seeded N.2 , in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 after 61 minutes of play.
After taking out Rafael Nadal (ATP 4) in the quarters and Novak Djokovic (ATP 1) in the semi-finals, Carlos Alcaraz, 19 years old since last Thursday, thus offered himself the scalp of the 3rd player in the world, who had triumphed the year last on clay in Madrid. Carlos Alcaraz won his 5th ATP title on Sunday, the 4th this year after his victories on clay in Rio in February and in Barcelona last month, and his success at the Masters 1000 in Miami (hard) in March. Alexander Zverev, 25, qualified for the final by knocking out Greek Stefanos Tsitispas (ATP 5) overnight from Saturday to Sunday. The German won in 2018 and 2021 in Madrid. He has 19 ATP titles.