Alcaraz, who played his first tournament of the season in the Argentine capital after three months of inactivity due to injury, celebrated the seventh title of his career and the fifth on clay, the first since obtaining the Masters 1000 in Madrid in May of last year.
Alcaraz, 19, succeeds Norwegian Casper Ruud in the Argentine championship, and becomes the first Spaniard to celebrate in Buenos Aires in eight seasons, since Rafael Nadal’s victory in 2005.
En route to the title, Alcaraz successively defeated Serbs Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic and his compatriot Bernabé Zapata Miralles, before meeting Norrie in the decisive duel.
on your side, Norrie suffered his ninth loss in an ATP Tour final and the second in 2023, since last January it had fallen into the definition of the Auckland tournament.
Earlier, the Italians Fabio Fognini and Simonel Bolelli became champions of the Argentina Open doubles event by beating the Colombian Nicolás Barrientos and the Uruguayan Ariel Behar 6-2, 6-4 in the final.