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Carlos Alcaraz continued to point out his former top-ranked kind on the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria.
The Spaniard, who will proceed to be ranked No. 3 behind Italy’s Jannik Sinner and Germany’s Alexander Zverev on Monday, routed Australian Alex de Minaur, 6-1, 6-4 on Sunday to seize his second ATP 500 title in his final three event appearances.
Alcaraz didn’t drop a set all week in Vienna and received his twenty eighth profession title.
De Minaur, who superior to the finals with a win over Zverev, struggled on Sunday, committing 25 unforced errors and producing solely 13 winners.
Alcaraz raced out to a 4-0 lead within the first set and broke serve for the third time to seize the primary set in 37 minutes. Serving at 4-5, 30-all within the second set, the Aussie dropped consecutive factors and fell to 0-7 all-time vs. Alcaraz.
Swiss Indoor Basel
Monaco’s Valentin Vacherot secured his first ATP 500-level tour title, rallying from a set all the way down to defeat eighth-seeded Czech Jiri Lehecka, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Vacherot burst onto the scene on the 2025 Shanghai Masters, an ATP 1000 occasion, successful 9 matches together with a semifinal victory over Novak Djokovic to win the championship. But he has skilled an uneven 2026 season, posting a 24-18 mark. He did attain the semifinals in Tokyo 5 weeks in the past, earlier than falling in straight units to Lehecka.
It seemed the like consequence could be the identical, as Vacherot performed poorly within the first set, making 14 unforced errors and successful solely 11 of 29 service factors.
But he broke Lehecka within the fourth recreation of the second set and fought off two break factors to ship the match to a decider. He continued the surge, breaking the Czech within the first recreation of the third and closed out the match with one other break.
–Field Level Media