In the early morning of May 6, Beijing time, the third round of the ATP1000 Madrid Masters began to compete, and the 19-year-old local rising star Alcaraz, who had just celebrated his 19th birthday, played against the 9th seed Nori. After three sets of fierce matches, Alcaraz narrowly won 2-1, rewriting the record of the battle between the two sides to 3 wins and 0 losses.
In the first set, Alcaraz broke first in the 4th set to take a 3-1 lead. In the 9th inning, Alcaraz missed the set on a serve win and Nori broke to make it 4-5. Nori lost again in the 10th set, with Alcaraz winning the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Nori took the lead in the 5th set to complete the break, and in the 6th set Alcaraz completed the break. After that, both sides kept their serves, and the second set went into a steal of seven. After stealing seven sets and four draws, Nori scored three consecutive points to win seven sets 7-4.
In the decider, Alcaraz broke down as soon as he came up, and then he held the serve to take a 2-0 lead. In the 9th inning, Nori had no way back from the game, and Alcaraz broke and won the decider 6-3.
In a match that took 2 hours and 39 minutes, the No. 7 seed Alcaraz defeated the 9th seed Nori 6-4, 6-7 (4)/6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters. In the next round, Alcaraz will face his idol Nadal, who narrowly defeated Goffin in three sets to advance. This will be the second meeting between Alcaraz and Nadal this year, having previously met once in the Indian Wells semifinals.