The Spaniard took the second set after Djokovic wasted three break opportunities to serve for the match, and kept the pressure on during the third until finally capitalising on one of his many chances in the tiebreaker. He deserved to win.”Īlcaraz, the youngest ever to reach the Madrid semi finals, took an early lead in the first set but Djokovic rallied. “For somebody of his age to play so maturely and courageously is impressive. He held his nerves very well," Djokovic said. Zverev returned to the empty centre court after his match to practice his service.Īlcaraz, the youngest player in the top 10 since Nadal in 2005, has won this year in Miami, Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona.ĭjokovic remains without a title this season as he continues to try to regain his best form going into his title defence at Roland-Garros this month. It's going to be a fun match tomorrow."Īlexander Zverev during his defeat of Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Madrid Open. "I'm still thankful that you guys are here at 1.10am. "I know 99.999 per cent of the people will be against me tomorrow but this is completely fine," Zverev said with a smile. The fourth-seeded Tsitsipas had beaten Zverev in the Monte Carlo semi finals earlier this year.Īlcaraz lost both matches he played against Zverev, all last year on hard courts. I was not very confident I didn't win a lot of matches this year but this court brings something out of me." "This is the Caja Magica and it is doing magic for me because I came into this tournament playing really bad. "This is my favourite court in the world," Zverev said.
Zverev is now 19-2 in Madrid, where he also won the title in 2018. The second-seeded German player converted three of his five break opportunities to clinch the victory in nearly two hours in a match that ended after 1am local time. He will face defending champion Alexander Zverev, who defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Carlos Alcaraz celebrates defeating Novak Djokovic in the Madrid Open.
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