Carlos Alcaraz beat Lorenzo Musetti and became a new Master 1000 champion of Montecarlo

Carlos Alcaraz beat Lorenzo Musetti and became a new Master 1000 champion of Montecarlo

With this triumph, the 21 -year -old Murcia added 1000 points for the world ranking and returned to the second position, displacing the German Alexander Zverev to the third placement.

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The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz crowned ATP Master 1000 champion of Montecarlo After winning this Sunday for 3-6, 6-1 and 6-0 against Italian Lorenzo Musetti In an hour and thirty -six minutes of play.

With this triumph, the 21 -year -old Murcian added 1000 points for the world ranking and returned to second position, displacing the German Alexander Zverev to the third placement and cutting 1400 units to the number one in the world, Jannik Sinner.

Alcaraz managed to lift his nineteenth title and his sixth in Master 1000 ATP tournaments

After a move in which the native of Carrara He managed to impose himself on the first set, the Spanish was replaced to bring parity to the game and keep the second manga 6-1, so everything had to be resolved in the final partial.

There, there were no doubt and he practically did not exist. Musetti He had a rugged closure in which the psoas of the right leg was injured, but for not wanting to leave and culminate the foot tournament, he ended up suffering a blunt 0-6.

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Although he requested medical assistance, it served since the Italian noted worn and with great signs of discomfort that prevented him from being able to compete equally before a rival with an impressive hierarchy.

For its part, after what was defeat in Indian Wells in semifinals before Jack Draper (6th) and the early departure in the Master 1000 from Miami in the 64 round against the Belgian David Goffin (56 °), Alcaraz He could rectify and add a new trophy to his showcase.

After the triumph, the Span ATP of Montecarlo and joined a record made up of Sergi Bruguera (2), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2), Manolo Orantes, Carlos Moya and Rafa Nadal, Historical leader with eleven, the last in 2018.

“I hadn’t enjoyed a week like this for a long time, it was a fairly complicated month after Miamidifficult to manage what was past and focus on tennis. Now pride and happy, “he said Alcaraz.

Source: Ambito

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