Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz beat Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-2 to win the Rio Open.
The 18-year-old Alcaraz overcame third-seeded Schwartzman within the closing in 1 hour, 26 minutes to the delight of a house crowd on the clay-court match on Sunday.
The seventh-seeded Spaniard received his first skilled match in Rio de Janeiro two years in the past and his first match final 12 months at Umag, Croatia, additionally on clay.
Alcaraz’s path to the title included upsetting top-seeded Matteo Berrettini within the quarterfinals after which beating one other Italian, Fabio Fognini, within the semifinals.
Fitness was a key aspect of Sunday’s closing. Both gamers had their quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday as a consequence of heavy rain falling in Rio throughout the week.
Schwartzman had threatened to not play his semifinal match in opposition to countryman Francisco Cerundolo if he did not have sufficient time to relaxation after a prolonged quarterfinal in opposition to Spain’s Pablo Andujar.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
