Carlos Alcaraz finished another fairy-tale week in his young career by defeating incumbent champion Alexander Zverev in the Madrid Open.

The 19-year-old followed up victories over Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic en route to the final with a 6-3 6-1 victory in just one hour and two minutes, firmly establishing himself as one of the favourite for this year’s French Open.

Also read: Carlos Alcaraz shocks Novak Djokovic to reach Madrid Open final, scripts record

It also means Alcaraz is now 5-0 in ATP Tour finals, making him the tour’s youngest five-time champion since Rafael Nadal won seven titles at the same age in 2004-05.

During the trophy ceremony, Zverev praised Alcaraz’s exploits in 2022.

Alcaraz made the early moves, forcing Zverev to save the first breakpoint of the match with an ace down the T to tie the match at 2-2 after a trio of unforced forehand errors from the No.2 seed.

The Spaniard proceeded to dominate rallies with his complete arsenal of shot-making, and he broke the world No.3’s serve in devastating fashion to break to love and take a 4-2 lead.

Also read: A look at Carlos Alcaraz’s budding, impressive career

There would be no let-up as the adolescent boldly delivered a 31-minute set to love, sending the home crowd into raptures.

Zverev entered the final with a 19-2 record in Madrid, including nine straight wins, but he simply couldn’t match his opponent’s power, athleticism, and tactical understanding.

It came as little surprise when Alcaraz broke for a 2-1 lead early in Set 2, conjuring up what has become his signature drop shot to absolutely outfox his opponent and take the game to love.

Zverev was starting to seem disoriented, and he nearly exploded with a couple of double faults and two terrible volleys into the net to give away the double break opportunity. Alcaraz duly took it with a beautiful lob and broke again on his seventh top-10 win in a row.

Also read: Andy Murray withdraws from highly-anticipated Madrid Open tie vs Djokovic

Alcaraz is also the first player to upset three top-four players in an ATP Masters 1000 event since David Nalbandian defeated Djokovic, Nadal, and Roger Federer in Madrid in 2007.

Alcaraz is already sure to climb up to sixth in the world rankings on Monday, but he will also move up to second in the Pepperstone ATP Race To Turin, just 70 points behind Nadal.