Carlos Alcaraz outlasts Novak Djokovic 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Madrid on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Alcaraz will fight against Alexander Zverev in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 35 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Alcaraz's Record

Carlos added to his prize money € 257,765 after winning this match. He has won already € 568,790 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alcaraz will add € 472,780 to his earnings to get in total € 1,041,570 in total.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Novak Djokovic Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alcaraz
Djokovic
6-75 7-5 7-65
3h:35
134
134
Total points
131
131
67
67
Winners
57
57
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
8
8
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
67%
67%
1st in
67%
67%
74%
74%
1st won
66%
66%
67/91
67/91
1st won
57/86
57/86
51%
51%
2nd won
65%
65%
23/45
23/45
2nd won
28/43
28/43
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
Total
1/6
1/6
20%
20%
Won
17%
17%
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At the end of the match, Carlos scored 134 points vs. Novak’s 131.

Alcaraz

The Spaniard won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.

Djokovic

On the other side, Djokovic was battling in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Djokovic is 1-0 for Carlos.

Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Alcaraz will compete against Zverev in the final.

This will be the 3rd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

Live score progression and stats

Alcaraz conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Novak Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Serbian found the way to come back to break Alcaraz in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

Djokovic won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Alcaraz won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 8th (2-6) and 9th (3-6) point.

Djokovic won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

The Serbian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd

(1-2 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They contested 80 points. The Serbian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Alcaraz (44-36). The Serbian surrendered 6 points on serve (26-6). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 18 points on serve (30-18).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Spaniard conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

The Spaniard was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th

(3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Novak was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A).

They played 78 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Novak (43-35). The Spaniard surrendered 13 points on serve (28-13). On the losing side, Novak conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Carlos won the breaker at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Alcaraz won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Djokovic won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 9th (4-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

The Spaniard was unable to convert any of the 6 conquered break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Novak wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 40-A).

They played 107 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won just 3 points more than the Serbian (55-52). Alcaraz dropped 15 points on serve (32-15). On the other side, the Serbian conceded 23 points on serve (37-23).

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