- 19 Year Old Carlos Alcaraz Wins The US Open, And Makes History In The Last Grand slam Of The Year.
After 14 Days of mind-blowing and jaw dropping performances in New York City At the US Open Men Events, 19year old defeats Casper Ruud in the US OPEN Final to become the youngest ever World No1. Before Alcaraz’s victory, the youngest ATP Ranked No1 since it started in 1973 was Hewitt Lleyton at age 20. Alcaraz also become the youngest player to win a Major in the ATP after fellow compatriot Rafa Nadal won it in 2005.
The Players went into the final with the hopes of becoming World No1 and win their first Major. However, it was Carlos Alcaraz who came out on top after defeating Ruud in a 4 set game 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3. The first set was more like a rollercoaster for the Spaniard after he showed great desire in the first service game of the night, where he saw a break point, but couldn’t convert after Ruud saved the break point and held his serve. On Ruud’s second service game of the match, Alcaraz didn’t waste much time as he converted the second break point on the serve, to go up 3-1 after consolidating right after the break.
Dream Come True For Alcaraz
Alcaraz went on to take first set after he broke Ruud on 2-1. Ruud found life in the second set and showed he wasn’t just going to go down without a fight and broke Alcaraz on the 6th game of the set for 4-2, Ruud went on to win the set to have the score at 1-1. The Third and fourth set was Alcaraz to lose as Ruud was looking quite not into the game again; and Alcaraz had full control of the game, where he also dictated the pace and intensity. The third and fourth set ended the Spaniard’s way after he put in a stellar performance to win 7-6(1), and 6-3.
“This is something I dreamed of since I was a young kid. To be number one in the world, to be the champion of a Grand Slam. “All the hard work I did with my team, my family. I’m just 19 years old so a lot of the decisions are with my team, my parents. It’s something that is very special for me,”
Alcaraz after US Open Triumph