Africa-Press – Angola. The Spanish tennis player, Carlos Alcaraz, won the US Open, the first Grand Slam of his career, last Sunday, against the Norwegian, Casper Rudd, in four sets, by the partials, 4-6, 6-2, 6-7 (1- 7) and 3-6, becoming, at age 19, the youngest ATP ranking leader.
The record belonged to the Australian, Lleyton Hewitt, who at the age of 20 years and nine months achieved the same feat.
This is the first major award in Carlos’ young career, and he is missing from the list: Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, with these four Grand Slams or Majors, held annually, symbolizing the most important tournaments in the sport in the context of competitive calendar.
Unfortunately for Casper Rudd, the memories in finals with Spaniards ended up having a new bitter taste, is that after the defeat with Rafael Nadal, recently, at Roland Garros, now it was the fall to the prodigy Alcaraz, his compatriot, in the US Open.
However, it is not all bad news for the Norwegian, as he will ascend to the second position of the world table, jumping five places in the ATP rankings.
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