Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz played a fantastic semifinal in Madrid on Saturday. It was the Spanish teenager to win a great 3-setter after playing for more than 3 hours. Djokovic was not at his very best, but his tennis was still pretty good.
The Serbian legend is well known for being extremely gracious in defeat. After the match, he congratulated his conqueror with the following tweet:
“Great things to come from this talent in the future. Good luck in the final tomorrow. @alcarazcarlos03 Muchas gracias Madrid!”
Great things to come from this talent in the future. Good luck in the final tomorrow @alcarazcarlos03 🎾
Muchas gracias Madrid! ❤️ @MutuaMadridOpen #MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/YHGKpVTezO
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) May 7, 2022
Novak Djokovic in 2022
LWWWLWLWWW Currently ranked no.1, Djokovic played his last match on the 7th of May when he surrendered to world no.9 Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Madrid (draw).
During this season Djokovic achieved a 7-4 match record. Novak Djokovic’s best performance of the present season was reaching the final in Belgrade.
Alcaraz in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2022
LWWWWWWWWW At the moment ranked no.9 (career-high), Carlos has a composed 27-3 win-loss record in 2022. Carlos is now playing in Madrid where he managed to beat Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 7-5, Cameron Norrie 6-4 6-74 6-3, Rafael Nadal 6-2 1-6 6-3 and Novak Djokovic 6-75 7-5 7-65.
Carlos Alcaraz will compete against the world no.3 Alexander Zverev in the final on Sunday at 6:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev.
Alcaraz clinched 3 titles in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, in Miami and in Barcelona.
Alcaraz won 4 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 3 on clay courts. (See the list of his titles)
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz fought against each other only on 1 occasion. Their record is 1-0 for Alcaraz. When they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) on the 7th of May 2022.
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