Carlos Alcaraz, champion and world number 1 at 19 years old!!!

Carlos Alcaraz any tennis player’s double dream come true on the same day. At the age of 19 years and 4 months, he opened his Grand Slam record by winning the US Open, in his second participation, eighth ‘big’. He was so fast, that he also became the youngest ATP world number one in history, breaking the Australian record Lleyton Hewitt, with 20, moving up from fourth place. A precocity that anticipates the immensity of the phenomenon.

The Murcian showed his many energetic facets to fight a complex final because the Norwegian Casper Ruud, 23 years old and number 7 (from now on 2), showed progress, the experience of another lost final, at Roland Garros against Rafa Nadal, to put the most talented Alcaraz in trouble. And he also showed ‘fair play’ giving the Spaniard a point that the chair umpire accidentally grabbed. A gesture that Nadal’s academy, of which he is a part, likes.

Alcaraz made impossible shots, one of the ones that lifted the public, but he also showed that he knows how to suffer, recover from slight falls as a result of his youth, the pressure of so much at stake and the 8:19 pm spent before this match, with two Appointments that put him to bed at six in the morning, raising a match point against Jannik Sinner in the quarters.

He can do everything, he wins 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-1) and 6-3 in 3h.20′. He was confused, tensed, took 0-4 in the second set. It didn’t help that he let a 2-0 lead slip away in the third set. He turned back, he became a martyr, he failed more than usual. A few minutes of tension that eventually sharpened his ability to react and the ability to face the most difficult moments with courage and brilliance.

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He returned two set points, visited the net without hesitation, to reach the ‘tiebreak’ (7-1) where he sent a specific message to his rival, like the tweet published a few hours before , who recalled his grandfather’s philosophy with emojis Carlos in the three Cs: a brain (head), a heart and two eggs (balls).

And the ability of a gifted, tireless worker and passionate about this sport and competition. He shaped his body, strengthened his mind. It has become a machine that requires filmmaking to live unique experiences. Early ripening. A process based on awards received.

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taken from New York fat With charisma and history, his figure is growing. the hero of the palm tree, district of Murcia, crossing borders. If he played ping pong with the explosives Cilic, Sinner and Tiafoepassed the test of controlling his emotions in front of the well-organized Norwegian wall, strengthened from the antecedents of Marbella’21 and Miami ’22.

He is a resourceful athlete, the youngest US Open champion since the American Peter Sampras won at the age of 19 and one month in 1990. The earliest in a Grand Slam since the shocking debut of Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros 2005, at the age of 19 years and two days.

Rio, Miami, Godó, Madrid and, well, the US Open. The springboard to new big goals. Fifth Spaniard to enter the honors of the event, after Manolo Santana (1965), Manolo Orantes (1975), Rafa Nadal (2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019) and Arantxa Sánchez (1994). A revenge for his coach John Charles Ferrero, who in 2003 left the same spot as number one but without the trophy. Andy Roddick took it from him.

They also ruled their circuits Nadal, Carlos Moyà, Arantxa and Garbiñe Muguruza. Sixth on the list is Alcaraz, who, under the roof of the Arthur Ashe Stadium, because it was raining outside, closed his show in the Americas with a perfect climax. Tennis coaching and personality. Well supported by his large team, who were joined yesterday by members who had not been until this special day.

Trophy, number one, a heel $2,200,000. What more can be asked? Some colleagues consider his career closed. This will not be the case with Alcaraz. This is just the beginning of an exciting adventure. She fell to the ground drunk with happiness and shed her first tears. Carlitos smiled, happy and aching to be touched. Like cracks.