Surprising titles Nadal, Djokovic and Federer have at Alcaraz’s age

Carlos Alcaraz he is one step away from winning his thirteenth ATP title, fifth Masters 1000 ATP. He lost in the Cincinnati final to Novak Djokovic, who lifted his 95th trophy after clawing back a ‘match’ point from remaining world number one in the ATP rankings this week, ahead of the start of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the season, on Monday, August 28.

At 20 years and 3 months old, the Murcian will present his crown in New York, where he inaugurated his Grand Slam crown box and became the youngest player to reach ATP world number one.

He was a precocious genius, technicians ensuring that the best of each member of the ‘Big 3’ converged: his current greatest rival, Novak Djokovicthe hurt Rafael Nadal and the retired Roger Federer.

At his age, only Nadal has more titles (17), matching his two Grand Slams and surpassing his Masters 1000 with six. The difference is that Manacorí has ​​already won several times at Roland Garros, not yet on Wimbledon grass like the Murcian. He lost his first final, in 2006.

Even more surprising is the ‘late’ growth of Roger Federer, especially, and Novak Djokovic. The Swiss only conquered Milan in five finals played at the age of 20 years and 3 months. He was 22 when he exploded and began the path of his 20 Grand Slams, 103 ATP titles.

Djokovic has a ‘good’ record with 23, after breaking even with 22 Rafael Nadal chaining Australian Open and Roland Garros. At 20 years and 3 months old, he has six ATP titles, half of Alcaraz’s and almost a third of Nadal’s. He added two 1000 ATP Masters, it took him weeks to reach the US Open finals and months to make his Australian Open debut.

Djokovic He continues at the top at 36 years old, at 37 Nadal is fighting a hip injury to try to return in 2024 and completely end his long career. At the age of 40, Federer had to give up due to knee problems.

Alcaraz got off to a quick start. Time will tell how long.