Stat of the Day: Carlos Alcaraz has now won 5 of his last 8 matches against Top 10 players

Carlos Alcaraz continued to show why he’s one of the most promising rising stars in the sport on Tuesday night, battling back from a 5-2 first set deficit to take out Stefanos Tsitsipas, 7-5, 6-3, in their highly-anticipated fourth-round clash in Miami.

The 18-year-old Spaniard has now won five of his last eight matches against Top 10 players, a stretch that dates back to last year’s US Open.

ALCARAZ VS TOP 10 PLAYERS (5-6 career record):
l. to No. 7 Zverev in 2021 Acapulco 1st Rd, 6-3, 6-1
l. to No. 2 Nadal in 2021 Madrid 2nd Rd, 6-1, 6-2
l. to No. 2 Medvedev in 2021 Wimbledon 2nd Rd, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
d. No. 3 Tsitsipas in 2021 US Open 3rd Rd, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 0-6, 7-6 (5)
d. No. 7 Berrettini in 2021 Vienna QFs, 6-1, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5)
l. to No. 4 Zverev in 2021 Vienna SFs, 6-3, 6-3
d. No. 9 Sinner in 2021 Paris 2nd Rd, 7-6 (1), 7-5
l. to No. 7 Berrettini in 2022 Australian Open 3rd Rd, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (5)
d. No. 6 Berrettini in 2022 Rio de Janeiro QFs, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
l. to No. 4 Nadal in 2022 Indian Wells SFs, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
d. No. 5 Tsitsipas in 2022 Miami 4th Rd, 7-5, 6-3

By recording his fifth career Top 10 win tonight, the 18-year-old Alcaraz is just 12 days older than Nadal was when he recorded his fifth career Top 10 win:

~ Nadal: 18 years, 10 months & 12 days (d. Gaudio in 2005 Monte Carlo QFs)
~ Alcaraz: 18 years, 10 months & 24 days (d. Tsitsipas in 2022 Miami 4th Rd)

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic both achieved the feat at age 19 (Federer was 19 years and 5 months when he beat Kafelnikov in the 2001 Milan semifinals, while Djokovic was 19 years and 10 months when he beat Nadal in the 2007 Miami quarterfinals).