Teenager Alcaraz wins Madrid Open
When Carlos Alcaraz played in his first Madrid Open as an 18-year-old, his goal was to gain experience and learn from the top players.
Only a year later, Alcaraz already feels he belongs among the best.
The Spanish teenage sensation capped another impressive week with a straight-set victory against Alexander Zverev on Sunday to win the Madrid Open and become the secondyoungest player to win two Masters 1000 titles.
His comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win against Zverev followed victories over his idol Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals and top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.
“Last year I was going through these experiences for the first time, playing against the best players, playing in the Masters 1000, and I learned a lot,” Alcaraz said. “Now it’s different. I go onto the court knowing that I can win, with the confidence that I can win at any moment.”
Alcaraz became the youngest winner in Madrid, and the second youngest to win two Masters 1000 trophies after Nadal won in Monte Carlo and Rome in 2005 as an 18-year-old. Alcaraz had already become the youngest to enter the top 10 since Nadal did it in 2005.
Zverev later criticized the ATP Tour for its scheduling of late-night matches and said he was at a disadvantage in the final against
Alcaraz.
Zverev conceded that he probably would have lost to Alcaraz even if he was “fresh,” but said that at least it would have been a “better final” if he hadn’t had to go to bed after 4 a.m. local time in the previous nights.
Soccer
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Colleges
Pitt baseball (26-19, 12-11) claimed a program-record fourth ACC home series victory of the season by splitting a doubleheader (3-2 win, 15-5 loss) against Duke (20-26, 9-15). The Panthers have five overall ACC series wins this spring, one off the program record set last year.
• The Waynesburg Yellow Jackets softball team beat Westminster, 3-1, to win the Presidents’ Athletic Conference tournament for the first time since 1993. Waynesburg earned the PAC’s automatic bid for the NCAA Division III national championship tournament
• The No. 1 Penn State Behrend softball team defeated No. 2 Penn State Altoona, 5-2, to capture the 2022 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship.