On February 21, Beijing time, the final of the ATP500 Rio station was contested, and the two sides were Spain's talented teenager Alcaraz and Argentina's Schwartzman. In the end, after two sets of competition, Alcaraz swept the No. 3 seed 2-0 to win the second tour title of his career.
In the first set, Schwartzman started with a consecutive break to take a 2-0 lead. In the third inning, Alcaraz quickly completed the comeback and then he saved to make it 2-2. In the 9th set, Alcaraz completed a key break on his opponent's serve and came to win the set 5-4. In the 10th set, Alcaraz easily saved serve and won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Alcaraz broke the opponent's serve as soon as he came up, and Schwartzman quickly broke back. Alcaraz broke again in the 3rd set and he took a 3-1 lead after holding the serve in the 4th set. Schwartzman lost again in the 5th set, after which both sides saved their own serves, and Alcaraz won the second set 6-2.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 26 minutes, the No. 7 seed Alcaraz defeated the No. 3 seed Schwartzman 6-4, 6-2 to win the tournament. This was the first time in his career that Alcaraz had won the ATP 500, and he became the youngest winner in this category.