Alcaraz beats Tsitsipas to clinch back-to-back Barcelona titles

Category : Sports Published on: April 26 2023

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World number two Carlos Alcaraz beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 to win the Barcelona Open on 23rd April and clinch his third ATP Tour title of the year and the ninth overall for the 19-year-old.
The 19-year-old world number two bagged his third trophy of 2023, after winning in Buenos Aires and Indian Wells, and the ninth of his career.
Alcaraz, who had an injury-plagued start to the season and was beaten by Jannik Sinner in the semi-finals of his last tournament, the Miami Open, won in Barcelona for the second consecutive year, taking the title without losing a set.
The Spanish teenager beat world number five and second seed Tsitsipas with the same ease that he dispatched every other opponent in Barcelona this week.
It was Tsitsipas’s fourth consecutive loss to Alcaraz.
Tsitsipas has now lost three finals in Barcelona after losing to Nadal in 2018 and 2021.