Perfect symphony from Carlos Alcaraz who masters tennis and is champion of Vienna
In the city of opera and geniuses, one of the rackets emerged with the perfect symphony. Carlos Alcaraz is champion of the ATP 500 in Vienna after offering a huge recital in the final this Sunday against the Australian Álex de Minaur, whom he has beaten 6-1 and 6-4.
He has done it to write a new score in his meteoric career. It already adds up twenty-eight ATP titles, one more than his still Davis Cup captain David Ferrer. Only Rafa Nadal (92) and Manuel Orantes (34) remain ahead on Spanish soil. A sample of a dimension that continues to grow by leaps and bounds.
In a year complicated by his long-term injury to his right wrist, Alcaraz has already won four titles. He won the Australian Open and the ATP 500 in Doha before everything changed in Barcelona; adds the ATP 500 in Tokyo and this ATP 500 in Vienna in the final part of the season to show that, in reality, nothing has changed.
Alcaraz had reached the final in Vienna using his infinite magic, but perhaps without as much regularity in the game as usual. In the moment of truth, has offered an absolute recital to stand in the final stretch of the season like never beforewith his sights set on goals he has not yet achieved: he arrives with a title under his arm at the Linked to the Paris Masters 1000, the ATP Finals and the Davis Cupthree of the few goals missing from his record.
By the way, Alcaraz has helped his compatriot Rafa Jódar in the fight for the ATP Finals: The Madrid native arrives ahead of De Minaur in the last tournament that defines the pass. Alcaraz already had him tied up, leaving with several high-level victories this week in conditions that were not historically so favorable for him: Vienna is the second tournament he has won on an indoor hard court, after Rotterdam 2025.
Although there can be few unfavorable conditions when playing tennis as Carlos Alcaraz did this Sunday. Reaching everything with tremendous ease, hitting very loosely with forehand and backhand and completely dominating De Minaur, he had no problem taking the victory, despite the oceanic player’s resistance in the second set.
Perhaps, simply, because it is tremendously difficult to play tennis like Carlos Alcaraz did in the first set. With a recital of angles with the right and the backhand, Moving De Minaur from one side to the other, he initially broke the Australian’s serve.
Shooting serve, precisely, he saved a break point in the following game to then unleash a festival of backhands, passings and serves to head towards 4-0. In a very long fifth game, De Minaur has avoided the rosco, but not a 6-1 at the pace of magic shots.
It was to be expected that the level would have to balance out a little more at the beginning of the second set. But, simply, for details, such as a right outside of Alcaraz with a break ball at the start by just a few centimeters. With enormous defenses, with a backhand that did not let up in the slightest and with De Miñaur who pulled his serve to save the break again, the match went to 2-2.
After practically the only game with a break with the serve for the Australian in the match, Alcaraz returned to the fray, seeking again and again to exchange setbacks, letting go with the drop shots and the passings. Unmoved by any attempt at a reaction that his rival might seek.
The Murcian stood at 5-4 and the rest waiting for his opportunity, which was generated with a parallel backhand pass and a failure by the Australian. At first, perfectly summarizing the match at the tournament point, a drop shot, a lob and a forehand culminated the fireworks recital of the brand new champion from Vienna: Carlos Alcaraz has played a perfect symphony to add a new ATP title.
