Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz won the US Open, his first major tournament, Sunday, by defeating Casper Ruud in the Norwegian final, and will rise from fourth to first in the world tennis rankings.
At 19, Alcaraz, who defeated Roode, seventh in the hierarchy, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1) and 6-3, in three hours and 23 minutes, will become the youngest-ever world leader, overtaking The Australian record holder, Lleyton Hewitt, reached the top in 2000 at the age of 20 years and nine months.
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The Russian-born tennis player won his first Grand Slam tournament in his first final of this type, adding his sixth title, after winning the Masters 1000 in Madrid, Miami, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro in 2022, and in Umag, last year, in seven finals, having He was defeated in Umag and Hamburg, this year already.
At Flushing Meadows, the Cars beat Ruud, 23, who lost again in the Grand Slam final after losing at Roland Garros, in June, to Rafael Nadal, in what was his 13th final, with eight wins, in Gstaad and Geneva, in 2021 and 2022, in Buenos Aires, in 2020 and this year, with others last year, in San Diego, Kittsbuhel and Bastad.
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