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The young Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, second in the world ranking, won with authority against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (fifth) in the ATP 500 tournament in Barcelona, renewing his title. At the beginning of the match, Alcaraz encountered some difficulties but managed to hurt the Greek with a good collection of drop shots, one of his favorite shots. In the second set, the Spaniard got a break to make it 4-2 and then chained perfect shots to the delight of a crowd converted to “Alcarazmania.” Tsitsipas tried repeatedly to find a way to stop Alcaraz’s game, but to no avail.
Alcaraz, 19, the top seed in Barcelona, was fluid and relaxed in the match and expressed that “it was a moment when I had to do it to win the final.” This is the first time that Alcaraz has repeated the title in a tournament, and now he will defend it in the Madrid Masters 1000, which starts this week.
With 24 wins and only two defeats in 2023, Alcaraz is a reference on the clay tour and is positioned as the player to beat on this European clay tour. His next goal is Roland Garros, where he is placed as a great favorite due to the physical problems of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, both of whom are out for the tournament in the Spanish capital.
In summary, the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz demonstrated his dominance in the ATP 500 tournament in Barcelona by defeating with authority the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and renewing his title. His excellent performance places him as the player to beat on the European clay court tour, and his next goal is Roland Garros, where he is emerging as the favorite.
