Vienna (AFP) – The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, No. 3 in the world, brilliantly conquered the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna this Sunday by beating the Australian Alex de Miñaur in the final (6-1, 6-4) in just under an hour and a half of play.

First modification: 01/11/2026 - 17:15

Alcaraz thus confirms his good form at the end of the season, after having won in Tokyo four weeks ago. In the Austrian capital he did not give up a set in five matches, to win the 28th title of his career.

"Obviously it has been a very emotional and incredible week for me. I learned a lot, to move forward, step by step, playing on indoor courts and trying to gain more confidence playing on this surface," said "Carlitos", who is competing in the Paris Masters 1000 in the new week.

This Sunday he gave no option to Alex de Minaur (10th), whom he defeated for the seventh time in as many matches. The last one before Vienna dated back to the Australian Open, at the beginning of 2026.

In the Austrian capital, the 23-year-old from Murcia closed the match in his first match ball, in 1 hour and 27 minutes.

In the first set he quickly took a 4-0 lead by breaking the Australian's serve twice, before closing 6-1 with a new break in just 36 minutes of play.

The second set was much more disputed, but Alcaraz took advantage of his first set point, again on De Minaur's service, to finish with a forehand winner that kissed the baseline.

Injury overcome

Champion at the beginning of the season at the Australian Open and the Doha tournament, Carlos Alcaraz was away from the courts from mid-April to the end of August due to an injury to his right wrist.

But since his return to competition at the US Open, the Spaniard has won 15 of his 17 tournament matches (plus a victory at the Laver Cup), with a quarter-final loss in New York to American Ben Shelton and a title in Tokyo in early October.

After a slowdown in the Shanghai Masters 1000, eliminated in the round of 32 by the Belgian Zizou Bergs, the seven-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments - Australian Open 2026, Roland Garros 2024 and 2025, Wimbledon 2023 and 2024 and US Open 2022 and 2025 - stepped on the accelerator again in Vienna this week.

In the race towards the Masters at the end of the year, reserved for the eight best of the season, Alex de Miñaur starred in the best operation this week, rising to ninth place (the last one in the classification due to Jannik Sinner's injury) before the Masters 1000 in Paris.

© 2026 AFP

The content you requested does not exist or is no longer available.