Carlos Alcaraz soars past Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-1 in the final in Madrid on Sunday after playing an extraordinary match to win his 5th career title, the 4th of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes. This is the first time that Carlos conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this tournament so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The Spaniard added € 472,780 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 1,041,570 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 56 points vs. Alexander’s 29.
Alcaraz
Carlos served exceptionally well to win 89% of the points (24/27) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (8/11) on his second serve. The Spaniard was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Zverev
On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Zverev is 1-2 for Alexander.
This was the 5th career title for the Spaniard. He won the previous title in Barcelona. (see list of titles and finals). Zverev remains with 19th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Alcaraz conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Alcaraz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than the German (28-16). Alcaraz was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). In addition, on the other side, Alexander conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Carlos won the set after he broke Zverev 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The German was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Carlos converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. Alcaraz was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Alexander (28-13). Carlos was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Carlos Alcaraz in Madrid |
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