Buenos Aires, February 19. Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz (2) capped off a perfect week in Buenos Aires with the Argentine Open title, after beating Britain’s Cameron Norrie (12) in the final on Sunday 6-3, 7-5 .
With a tournament from the bottom up, the former world number one consolidated a good comeback on the tracks of the Argentine capital with a victory in the final duel against the British nationalized South African in 1:34.
After successively eliminating Serbs Laslo Djere (57), Dusan Lajovic (90) and his compatriot Bernabé Zapata (74), the 19-year-old Murcian won his seventh title on clay in Buenos Aires after the conquests in 2021 of Umag. and in 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Masters 1000 in Miami, Barcelona, Masters 1000 in Madrid and United States Open.
Alcaraz became the first Spaniard to reach an Argentina Open final, a feat that hadn’t happened since the 2016 edition when Nicolás Almagro lost in definition to Austrian Dominic Thiem.
The Argentine Open was the scene that marked the return to the tracks of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, current world number two, after the injury he suffered in the first days of the year and which postponed the start of its 2023 season.
Winner of five titles last year, including the US Open, Alcaraz arrived in the Argentine capital accompanied by Antonio Martínez, who has coached both in this Argentine Open 250 and will also do so in the Rio Open, a 500 in which will defend the title.
The big winners of the Argentine contest are Guillermo Vilas, with eight crowns, escorted by Spaniards Carlos Moyá and David Ferrer, with three each.
Among its most prominent champions are the Czech Ivan Lendl (1981), the Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten (2001), Thiem (2016 and 2018) and the Norwegian Casper Ruud (2020 and 2022), as well as the locals Guillermo Coria (2000 and 2004)., Gaston Gaudio (2007), David Nalbandian (2008) and Diego Schwartzman (2021).
The 2022 edition recorded one of the most exciting moments in Argentine tennis with the definitive retirement of Juan Martín Del Potro, who fell in the first round to his compatriot Federico Delbonis 1-6, 3-6.
= Results of the day:
– Individual. Final
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) – Cameron Norrie (GBR) by 6-3 and 7-5. ECE
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