Victory over Nadal: Alcaraz beats his idol

The youngster and designated Iberian successor to Rafael Nadal defeated the 35-year-old veteran on Friday in the quarterfinals 6:2,1:6,6:3. The 19-year-old, who has been 6 since Thursday, will now face top seed Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. The Serb lost out to the Pole Hubert Hurkacz 3,6:4:XNUMX. The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas took third place in the semi-finals. A year ago, Nadal defeated Alcaraz in Madrid 6:1,6, 2:13, but the man from Murcia is now in the top ten. In addition, the 2-time French Open winner Nadal is contesting his comeback tournament after being sidelined for six weeks due to a stress fracture in a rib. It was only the Australian Open winner's second defeat of the season. Before the third duel with his compatriot, Nadal had pushed him into the role of favorite and he still leads 1-XNUMX head-to-head. Now Djokovic is waiting With his victory, Djokovic came one step closer to his top form and was looking forward to the comparison with Alcaraz. “He’s living his dream, right? He plays impressive tennis and has improved so much. It will be a good match,” said Djokovic before Saturday’s hit. For now, the promised one had to come to terms with his first victory against his idol. “It means a lot to me,” Alcaraz said. “The hard work I put in every day is paying off today.” Tsitsipas, seeded number three, defeated the Russian Andrej Rublew 6:3,2:6,6:4. The Hellenic's opponent for Saturday was determined late on Friday between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (8) and German Alexander Zverev (2).

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Victory over Nadal: Alcaraz beats his idol

Miami winner Carlos Alcaraz has won the Spanish giants duel at the Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Madrid.

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