We talk Madrid champions and controversies and look ahead to Rome—and to whether Swiatek and Djokovic may give us another plot twist before Paris.

From the women's doubles ceremony controversy to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month to her mother, the world No. 3 spoke to a variety of topics on Tuesday with trademark candor.

The Spaniard and the Belarusian are more than just ball-striking machines. Each showed a sign of maturity and improvement this weekend.

Sunday was Mother's Day in Spain, and Alcaraz dedicated his second Mutua Madrid Open victory to his mom, Virginia Garfia.

The Spaniard battled past Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, to reign again in the Spanish capital.