A page of history.
Written by a phenomenon.
A monster of precocity, solidity, valour.
19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz is, at the end of a dizzying tournament, gone after his dream.
Winner of his first Grand Slam title 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 in 3:20 against the solid and valiant Norwegian Casper Ruud.
A pleasure doubled by the place of world n°1.
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Nothing looks like a final.
The fight is physical and psychological.
Carlos Alcaraz has gone through all aspects of it.
Carried by euphoria, sounded by fatigue.
At the end of the standoff, the Spaniard (19 years old; seeded n°3) overcame the resistance of the Norwegian Casper Ruud (seeded n°5) who will, in 2022, be beaten in the final of Roland-Garros by Rafael Nadal, before losing in the final of the US Open against Carlos Alcaraz.
Carlos Alcaraz becomes the second youngest player to win the US Open, behind the American Pete Sampras crowned in 1990 (at 19 years and 28 days).
And he is the youngest player to rise to the place of world No. 1 since the development of the ranking (in August 1973).
He erases the Australian Lleyton Hewitt (20 years and 9 months in 2001).
He did better than Marat Safin (20 years and 10 months in 2000) or John McEnroe (21 years and 1 month in 1980), when they reached the top of the world rankings.
He will be ahead, this Monday, of Casper Ruud:
"I am happy with this n°2, I will continue to fight..."
Carlos Alcaraz who erased 2 balls from 2 sets to 1 in the final, saved a match point in the quarter-finals, climbed three matches in five sets to reach the final (against the Croatian Marin Cilic in the round of 16, the Italian Jannik Sinner in the quarters and American France Tiafoe in the semi-finals) joins the Swede Stefan Edberg, the last to have won matches in 5 sets (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) before lifting the cup in New York in 1992 (Agassi, in 2005, lost in the final).
The Spaniard continues his lightning ascent.
The good fairies had been promising her the best for a long time.
He quickly picked it up.
During the presentation of the trophies, he summed up:
“I dreamed of it for a long time, to be number 1, to win a Grand Slam title.
I worked very hard.
It's hard to talk about it, there are too many emotions, it jostles... I'm only 19 years old, it's very special.
I said it was not time to be tired.
In the Grand Slam final, you have to give everything.
Everything we still have.”
