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Casper Ruud
Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz seeks glory tonight against Casper Ruud in the final of the US Open (22.00, by Eurosport).
The 19-year-old Spanish tennis player is contesting his first Grand Slam final, from which he will emerge as number one in the ATP ranking if he wins.
After beating Tiafoe in a very close semifinals, closed in five sets after more than four hours (6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, 6-7(5) and 6-3), Alcaraz is one step away from rounding off a historic success for a tennis player of his age.
He will face a tough opponent with Ruud, who this year has already lost in a Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros against Rafa Nadal.
The Norwegian will also come out as number one if he wins, so tonight not only a title is decided, but who will be the best tennis player in the world.
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This is how the Alcaraz final will be lived in El Palmar:
The neighbors of the Murcian tennis player will be following the most important game of the 19-year-old's career, who tonight can make history in his first Grand Slam final.
19:56
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Casper Ruud and the pride of the old school:
Against all odds, Casper Ruud.
He travels modern tennis at full speed and in the midst of that sparkling landscape and the vertigo the Norwegian appears out there against the current, a player with a classic and academic profile, today different from the others.
The Nordic is going down another lane.
He is not the most mediatic, nor the most spectacular, much less the protagonist of the highlights that circulate on the mobiles of the young fan, but his game is of the highest pedigree.
Ruud is very good, and his antagonistic proposal —even rebellious, in these times of speed— has given him fabulous efficiency this season.
This is how Alejandro Ciriza
recounted
the pass to the final of the Norwegian tennis player.
His full article here:
19:49
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Whatever happens, we will have a new Grand Slam winner:
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The Murcian is unique. And charismatic. That is not taught or learned. He takes from the factory:
Whoever decided to see Carlos Alcaraz live this week, at the US Open, has given up 13 hours and 28 minutes of sleep in his three five-set matches.
It is not my case: I am a diurnal animal, I fall like a log at midnight, but my sleep is pre-industrial and I wake up in a half-sleep after 4 or 5 hours of deep sleep.
After a while of daydreaming, I fall another two hours.
Until, this week, I decided to open the tablet to see how Alcaraz was doing.
There have been three shots of caffeine at 4 in the morning.
Neither doze, nor daydream, nor anything.
In addition, the ball does not look good on the tablet and I have ended up in the living room in front of the television lamenting the mistakes, moaning silently, and celebrating the successes with muffled screams.
Alex Martínez Roig
's column
.
To read it in full, click here:
19:42
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Alcaraz has taken good note of Rafael:
In the game of tennis, the two characteristics that have been surpassed to an ever-increasing extent throughout history have been power and speed of impact.
I grew up as a player and, later, as a coach, admiring the great tennis players of yesteryear and being surprised by how quickly they hit the ball.
Today, anyone who is curious to watch John McEnroe, Björn Borg, Ivan Lendl or Jimmy Connors on YouTube will be surprised at how slow their executions are compared to what tennis has become today.
It is the patina of time that, far from detracting from the legendary players, is imposing a natural evolution.
Toni Nadal
's opinion
, here:
19:38
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Ruud's way:
Casper Ruud has been more solid as the tournament has progressed.
In his first two matches in New York, the Norwegian dropped Edmund in straight sets and conceded a set against Van Ritjhoven.
American Paul put him on the ropes in the third round where he needed five sets to win.
In the round of 16 he beat Frenchman Moutet (6-1, 6-2, 6-7 and 6-2), but his best tennis came in the decisive rounds.
In the quarters he swept Berrettini (6-1, 6-4 and 7-6) and in the semifinals he overcame Khachanov (7-6, 6-2, 5-7 and 6-2) to reach the grand final against Alcaraz.
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A duel for number 1:
Alcaraz and Ruud are playing for something more today, as if that were not enough, than their first Grand Slam.
Whoever wins the final will also be the new number one in the ATP ranking.
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The path of Alcaraz:
Carlos Alcaraz has reached the final of the US Open in an agonizing manner.
After overcoming Baez, Coria and Brooksby without conceding a set, the Murcian's path has begun to complicate from the round of 16.
In the fourth round, he beat Croatian Cilic in five sets (6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3) in almost four hours.
Even tougher were the quarterfinals against the Italian Sinner, a victory with a comeback (6-3, 6-7, 6-7, 7-5 and 6-3) that lasted until 5 hours and 18 minutes.
And what about the semi-final?
Alcaraz overcame a great start from Tiafoe and a subsequent resurrection when the American seemed to have bent the spoon.
The match lasted 4 hours and 22 minutes and also went to five sets (6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-7 and 6-3).
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Martín Landaluce, a partner for Alcaraz:
Martín Landaluce, 16, a member of the 2006 generation, conquers the junior US Open and looks like a good travel companion for the 19-year-old from Murcia. He is considered the best player of his generation.
Reports about the man from Madrid were already circulating behind the scenes of Spanish tennis since he was a child, with the technicians and specialists attentive to a talented modern skipper, right-handed and with a powerful backhand;
also, sure of himself and with personality.
Alejandro Ciriza
tells it
from New York.
Read it in full here:
19:18
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It's here, it's here: Carlos Alcaraz's big day:
Its here, its arrived.
The great day that has been predicted for a long time is a reality.
It was speculated since it began to leave a trace in the youth tournaments with the when, the how and the where, and the triple enigma finds an answer on this September 11 in which all the eyes, the spotlights and the history of tennis (10:00 p.m., Eurosport) point directly to Carlos Alcaraz.
At 19 years old, the Spanish player is one kidney stroke away from achieving the double dream;
that is, to lift his first big trophy and, even more desired by him, to dominate from the top of the circuit.
Only the Norwegian Casper Ruud, a first-timer in a New York final, but not in a Grand Slam because he already faced Rafael Nadal in the last Roland Garros, could prevent it.
The full article, by
Alejandro Ciriza
, here:
19:11
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Welcome to the live stream of the US Open Grand Final.
Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud are playing for the title and number one in the ATP on a day that could be historic for Spanish tennis.
It will be a pleasure to follow it with you.
19:03
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