Carlos Alcaraz burst onto the world tennis scene less than a year ago, and now he’s taking down giants. On Saturday at the Madrid Open, he became the first player to ever beat Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal at the same clay-court event. He’s 12th player (and the youngest ever) to beat them at the same event overall, and just the fifth player to beat them in back-to-back matches (the first since Roger Federer in 2010). The Spanish teenager, who turned 19 on Thursday, defeated world No. 1… Source link
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The struggles of Barcelona and Real Madrid do not augur well ahead of the Clasico, while there are unfamiliar league leaders across Europe as Covid-19 brings more disruption. AFP Sport rounds up some of the main talking points from the action across the continent: – Wind of change? – There is a school of thought that this season represents the best chance in a long time for a surprise winner in some of Europe’s biggest leagues, given the disruption caused to the calendar by the coronavirus… Source link
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