Carlos Alcaraz surprised itself last year by winning the historic and prestigious grass court tournament to Queenwhich is the introduction to the sensational repertoire of the Murcian tennis player in Wimbledonto which he added his second title grand slam after US Open’2022the achievement that made him the youngest No. 1 in history at age 19.
Alcaraz returned to Queen this week, but this time he just won his first match Francisco Cerundolo (6-1, 7-5) because Jack Draper He finished in the round of 16 (7-6, 6-3) in the Spanish’s 13-game winning streak on grass.
However, the British player suffered a hangover the next day and lost in the quarterfinals to Tommy Paul (6-3, 5-7, 6-4), who has since maintained his good form and became the new champion and Alcaraz’s successor this Sunday in the London tournament record.
Paul, 27 years old and world number 13, defeated the Italian in the final Lorenzo Musetti (30th) and thus won his third ATP title after his victories in Stockholm (2021) and dallas (2024): 6-1, 7-6 (8) in 1h.28′ of play.
After his title at Queen’s, Tommy Paul will move on this Monday to Taylor Fritz and will be the first American tennis player in the world ranking.
Source: La Verdad
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