The young Spanish teenager, Carlos Alcaras, ranked ninth in the world, defeated his Serbian counterpart Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters tournament on clay in a marathon match that lasted three hours and 35 minutes, Saturday 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).
Alcaras, who was among the top ten before his 19th birthday on Thursday, ousted compatriot Rafael Nadal from the quarter-finals and became the youngest player ever to reach the last four in Madrid. He will meet in the final the Greek Stefanos Testipas, the fifth or the German Alexander Zverev, the third and defending champion.
