Carlos Alcaraz proclaims his revolution

The definitive hatching, what was guessed, suspected and intuited that sooner rather than later would come true, happens on this April 3, 2022, a date to save for tennis because in the same way that the milestone was predicts that it may mark a turning point in the racket sport.

The blow to history takes place at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, considered in its day the

;

on the other side of the net is Casper Ruud, a Norwegian who fights, stirs, finally bows (7-5 ​​and 6-4, after 1h m52) and applauds the coronation;

and wearing teeth, raising his arms and squeezing his coach, already become the youngest champion of the tournament and the first male Spanish representative to triumph on that cement, Carlos Alcaraz shouts from the rooftops: indeed, the revolution has arrived here.

Tennis senses that it is facing a definitive turn in the story.

Not because of what the future may hold, which you never know, nor because of the fact that the Murcian, 18 years and 333 days old, surpasses the precocity of Novak Djokovic, until now the youngest champion in Miami, at 19 years old. and 314 days in the 2007 edition;

not even because the boy from El Palmar has achieved what was previously denied to Sergi Bruguera, Carlos Moyà, David Ferrer or even Rafael Nadal himself, deprived of success up to five times, nor because he is already the third earliest winner of a Masters 1000, only behind Michael Chang (18 years and 157 days in Montreal 1990) and the Manacor giant (18 and 10 in Monte Carlo 2005);

nor because he is already on the verge of the

– the title places him eleventh in the

– nor because at his age he has already lifted three trophies in the elite (Umag and Rio de Janeiro previously).

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Alcaraz is an ordeal to the established order, a blow to the table and a warning to sailors: with Roger Federer declining, Novak Djokovic in medical limbo, Nadal pending his physique and most of the young people without taking a real step forward , he bangs on the door with more than just force.

He applies to everything.

He is the intergenerational hinge.

It had been a long time since such an early, meteoric and powerful evolution had been witnessed, all reflected in recent months and in the spectacular track of this last week and a half in Miami.

Surrounded by surprise by Juan Carlos Ferrero - he flew on Saturday, after being absent the previous days due to the death of his father -, the Murcian put the tie in the final, demanded and worked.

Closed under the law of him: delicate volley in the net as a signature.

Ruud came out with everything, at a fixed gear, starting from the clear idea of ​​quickly cutting the rival's wings so that Alcaraz would not grow up and take flight.

Otherwise, Spanish becomes a torment.

He armed the Nordic arm, took a step forward and struck forehand and backhand, showing that his progression and his results are not the result of chance.

Because his thing is not casual, but causal: good raw material, a lot of pick and silent stick and, above all, well embodied for practical purposes during these last months, in which his tennis has been gaining prominence (especially on fast court) and has led him to the noble zone of the circuit.

THE FUTURE IS HERE 🇪🇸

The moment @alcarazcarlos03 broke Djokovic's record as YOUNGEST men's champion in #MiamiOpen history!

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– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) April 3, 2022

In the blink of an eye, surely in an unexpected takeoff of the game, the Norwegian opened the margin (3-0) and adapted better to the tension typical of a duel between first-timers.

Alcaraz, meanwhile, had a harder time unlocking himself.

Despite the inexperience of both in a final of this type, the Murcian was marked as the great favorite and in the early stages, the condition weighed on him.

He slammed three straight right hands into the net, which was rare, and lost serve.

Of course, when he activated the engine and freed himself a little, everything changed.

Ruud deprived him of a couple of

chances , but on the third try, in game seven, he did hit and then balanced.

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A demonstration of maturity, a necessary reaction to reposition himself, take a run and print the tone that most interested him.

Integer until then, Ruud was out of adjustment.

He didn't lose his place, but he did lose precision, and with the answer came a cold sweat.

He also sinned naivety.

He first he relied on a balloon that entered;

then he didn't run to a long ball, thinking he was going long;

and then, repeat offender, he returned to be stunned in another ball that if he had started he would have reached.

too much confidence

Or a misinterpretation.

In an inverted sense, Alcaraz gave a arreón and was decanting the meeting bit by bit.

His acceleration gave him the break and immediately sealed the first set, and in the continuation he made another demaraje with which he opened a gap.

3-0 up came the rush, the anxiety;

They are 18 years old and have a lot of appetite.

So much so that at times he rushed.

"Calm down, calm down," they demanded from the

.

And from that 3-0, to 3-2.

Ruud managed to close the gap and recovered emotionally.

He litigated the Scandinavian with honor, treated for physical problems.

All attitude.

However, the day was reserved for his rival.

Marked in red.

It was not the most lucid or the most spectacular, but it was the right one for Alcaraz to celebrate his first Masters 1000, enter the history books and proclaim his rise: yes, the revolution is already here.

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