Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Alcaraz wins in Milan

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Just as he had done all week, Carlos Alcaraz dominated in

Milan to beat Sebastian Korda of the United States and win the Next Gen ATP Finals on Saturday, capping a brilliant season for the Spanish teenager. The top-seeded Alcaraz seemed to take a while to find his proper rhythm and had to save a number of break points in his first two service games. But once the 18-year-old was in his stride there was no turning back as he saw off Korda 4-3 (5), 4-2, 4-2 in 82 minutes. The victory made Alcaraz the youngest player to earn 32 tour-level wins in a season since Andrei Medvedev went 32-11 in 1992 when he was 18. There are different rules at the Next Gen tournament, including on-court coaching, noAd scoring, medical timeout limits, and Hawk-Eye making all the line calls. The most drastic change is the shorter first-to-four set, with a tiebreaker at 3-3.

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