Alcaraz beats Djokovic to reach final at Madrid Open

Rafael Nadal one day.

Novak Djokovic the other.

The list of victims of Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz keeps growing.

And so does the hype over tennis’ newest sensation.

After defeating his idol Nadal in the quarterfinals on Friday, the 19-year-old Alcaraz rallied to beat top-ranked Djokovic 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) after more than 3 1⁄2 hours on Saturday to reach the Madrid Open final.

“It was one of those matches to enjoy,” Alcaraz said. “Despite the tension, despite being the semifinals of a Masters 1000, being 7-6 in the third-set tiebreaker… I’ve enjoyed it. Until the last point I was being able to smile.”

Alcaraz converted on his third match point to clinch the victory — his 27th of the year — in front of a raucous home crowd on the Caja Magica center court.

“To play against the No. 1 player in the world, in front of this crowd here in Madrid, it’s incredible,” he said.

A win on Sunday will give Alcaraz his fourth title this season, the most of any player.

He will face defending champion Alexander Zverev or Stefanos Tsitsipas, who met in the late semifinal on Saturday.

Elsewhere: Ons Jabeur of Tunisia won her biggest career title by defeating Jessica Pegula of the U.S. in three sets in the women’s final at Madrid.

AJabeur, the first Arab woman in the top 10, won 7-5, 0-6, 6-3 for her second career title.

UM WOMEN EARN SWEET 16 TENNIS BID

The University of Miami women’s tennis team defeated No. 21 UCF 4-1 at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center to earn a spot in the NCAA Team Championship Sweet 16. Ninthranked and ninth-seeded Miami (19-5, 10-3 ACC) dropped the doubles point, but turned in a spectacular showing in singles to beat the Knights (16-7, 3-0 AAC) in Coral Gables for the second time this season. The Hurricanes are now headed to the Sweet 16 for the 24th time in program history, the ninthmost of any program.

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