Carlos Alcaraz wins 2022 Rio Open | The Sporting Base
[google-translator]

Carlos Alcaraz wins 2022 Rio Open

February 22, 2022

Carlos Alcaraz wins 2022 Rio Open

Carlos Alcaraz of El Palmar, Spain is a rising star on the ATP Tour. At only 18 years of age, he has already reached the quarterfinals of the 2021 U.S. Open, beaten American Sebastian Korda in the Next Generation ATP Finals in Italy, and won the 2021 Croatian Open, where he beat Richard Gasquet of France in the final 6-2, 6-2. In the fall in Flushing Meadows, Alcaraz delivered a significant upset, where beat 2021 French Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, in the third round, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6, 0-6, 7-6.

This past week in South America, Alcaraz won the biggest title of his ATP career, as he won the 2022 Rio Open. In the final, Alcaraz beat another clay court specialist, the 2020 French Open semifinalist, Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, 6-4, 6-2. Seeded seventh, Alcaraz broke Schwartzman five times, won 76% of his first serve points and had zero double faults.


[adrotate banner=”13″]


Alcaraz actually becomes the second straight player to win an ATP 500 level tournament without having a double fault in the final. Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada had zero double faults a week ago when he clobbered Stefanos Tsitsipsas of Greece, to win the Rotterdam Open, 6-4, 6-2. 

En route to beating Schwartzman on Sunday, Alcaraz beat Jaume Munar of Spain 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the first round, Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-4, 7-6 in the second round, the tournament’s first seed and reigning Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini of Italy, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 in the quarterfinals, and Fabio Fognini of Italy, 6-2, 7-5 in the semifinals.

Alacaraz is also the third Spaniard to win the Rio Open. Rafael Nadal beat Alexandr Dolgopolov of the Ukraine in the 2014 final, 6-3, 7-6. David Ferrer beat Fognini in the 2015 final, 6-2, 6-3.

 


Fill In The Form Below To Receive Our Tennis News Straight To Your Email For FREE!

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Leave a Reply

June 30, 2025

Why picking a Wimbledon champion is too close to call

If you are trying to pick a champion at Wimbledon this year, it might just be too close to call The top two players in the world are Jannik Sinner of Italy and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain If you are Read More

June 25, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz wins 2025 Queen's Club Championship

Carlos Alcaraz was one of two tennis players to win an ATP 500 event on Sunday, as he joined Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan, who won in Halle However, Alcaraz's win at the Queen's Club in London Read More

June 25, 2025

Alexander Bublik wins 2025 Halle Open

For the second time in three years, Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan has won the Halle Open In both grass court ATP finals in Germany, Bublik beat a Russian in the final In 2023, Bublik beat Andrey Read More