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Beating two of the greatest of all time, back to back? Check.

Still not having won the tournament? Also check, as Carlos Alcaraz needs to get past No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev Sunday in Madrid to take the title.

And he did – so easily it wasn’t even a contest.

Meanwhile, the main draw is already starting in another Masters 1000, this one in Rome.

WTA Tour – Sunday, May 8, 2022 final results

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Mutua Madrid Open
Location: Madrid, Spain
Category: ATP 1000 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Surface: Red Clay
Dates: May 1 – 8, 2022
Prize money: €7,499,290
Draws: S56 – D28

[7] C arlos Alcaraz (ESP) def [2] Alexander Zverev (GER) 63 61

[7] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) def [6] Juan Sebastian / Robert Farah (COL) 67 (4) 64 [10-5]

Marin Cilic (CRO) def [WC] Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 61 64
Cristian Garin (CHI) def. [WC] Francesco Passaro (ITA) 63 62
Aslan Karatsev def Lloyd Harris (RSA) 36 63 76 (7)
Filip Krajinovic (SRB) def Frances Tiafoe (USA) 76 (7) 76 (4)

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[1] Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. [12] Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 67 (3) 64 75 ([Q] Tallon Griekspoor)
[5] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def. Joao Sousa (POL) 62 76 (4) (John Isner)
[6] Laslo Djere (SRB) def. Hugo Dellien (BOL) 64 62 ([PR] Borna Coric)
[10] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) def [7] Marcos Giron (USA) 76 (7) 62 ([Q] Sebastian Baez)
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def [6] Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 40 retd (Alex de Minaur)
Brandon Nakashima (USA) def Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 64 76 (5) (Grigor Dimitrov)
[WC] Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) def [14] Maxime Cressy (USA) 46 64 76 (5) (Karen Khachanov)