carlos alcaraz He made history when he became the youngest US Open champion, beating Casper Ruud to win his first Grand Slam title. With his stability throughout the year, he is considered one of the future stars of the sport, who took his place in the era of Big-3 dominance.
Dominik ThiemThe 2020 US Open champion is in awe and commends Alcaraz, the youngest world number one player in tennis history. Is giving a warning to other players on the Tour as Alcaraz is slowly proving to be a dominant force. says “He already has a unique career. He is the youngest number one in history and the winner of the US Open as an outstanding junior.“
Thiem went on to say that he is the new face of the sport, who has done great in New York and has consistently played long matches and still always manages to come out as a winner. He added, “He’s about to change tennis, because no matter how long the games are in New York, he’s always been there, attacking, going to the net and fighting fearlessly at every point. And I think this is new. Nobody has done this before. We have to catch it.“
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Carlos Alcaraz became the most successful player of the year with 5 singles titles
Alcaraz has been pretty great with his performances throughout the year, when he won four ATP titles with his remarkable performances at the Madrid Open, where he defeated the top three seeds of the tournament. Raphael Nadal in the quarterfinals, Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals and Alexander Zverev for the championship in the final.
Along with his first Grand Slam win, he won four titles at the Rio Open, Miami Open, Barcelona Open and Madrid Open, making it five titles of the year for the 19-year-old Spaniard. The four ATP titles he won during the year equates to the record 22 Grand Slam titles he has won.
After becoming the world champion in the Astana Open, he suffered his first defeat by being eliminated in the second round of the tournament. He even admitted his mistakes and talked about the biggest takeaways from defeat. Said “It was a difficult game. I couldn’t take the pressure and that’s something I need to take lessons from, I need to take note of the lessons I learned from this game.“
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