Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest man to win a maiden Grand Slam title since Rafael Nadal did it just shy of his 19th birthday at the 2005 French Open.
A potentially legendary career in men’s tennis reached a significant milestone Sunday when Carlos Alcaraz of Spain won his first Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open, defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3.
And he did it the hard way, battling through three consecutive five-set matches before a tough final against an opponent who brought a lot of quality to the table and forced Alcaraz to come up with his best tennis despite playing on clearly tired legs. After his energy dipped about an hour into the match, helping a fresher-looking Ruud secure a 6-2 second set win to even the match, Alcaraz appeared to take control again when he got an early break of serve in the third set and had an opportunity to go up double-break. Instead, with Ruud playing solid tennis himself and declining to give away any points with sloppy errors,
Serving for the match, Alcaraz missed an easy overhead that would have given him a 40-0 lead. But he responded immediately with an ace up the middle for some breathing room, then finished the title at 40-30 with a heavy wide serve that Ruud could not get his racquet on.
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