Carlos Alcraz becomes first player to beat Djokovic, Nadal in same clay court tournament

Spain’s 19-year-old tennis player Carlos Alcaraz achieved a rare feat. Carlos defeated world number-1 Novak Djokovic to enter the final of Madrid Open 2022. He is the youngest person to beat the world’s No. 1 tennis player in the last 17 years. He had also defeated former world number-1 and king of clay Rafael Nadal in the tournament earlier. With this, he became the first player to win consecutive wins over Nadal and Djokovic in a clay court tournament. Along with this, he also became the youngest player to make it to the final of Madrid Masters at the age of 19 years and 2 days.

Carlos has turned 19 three days ago and on the very next day i.e. on May 6, he had achieved the feat of defeating Nadal, who has won 21 Grand Slams. He became the first teenager to defeat Nadal on clay court. Carlos has made it to the final of his second ATP Masters tournament within 5 weeks.

The 19-year-old Carlos defeated current world No. 1 Djokovic 6-7(5/7), 7-5, 7-6(7/5) in the semi-finals of the Madrid Open. This is his first win over Djokovic. Alcaraz has won seven matches against the top-10 players in this season. He will face defending champion Alexander Zverev in the final of the Madrid Open. Zverev defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets in the second semi-final.

After defeating Djokovic for the first time, Carlos Alcaraz was asked if he sees any limits to what he can achieve? To this the 19-year-old said, “I don’t think so. Tomorrow I will go for the finals as I did in Miami. I am really happy to play the second Masters 1000 final. I will say that now I am all set to compete against the top tennis players in the world.”