Carlos Alcaraz will play his first Masters 1000 ATP final with 18 years and 333 days. Another sign of Murcian’s precocity and his alarming improvement in recent months. He removed from the throne the current champion of the Miami tournament, the Pole Hubert Hurkaczto aim to lift his third ATP trophy, which would be the best for the moment of his short career.
The Next Gen Finals 2021 champion premiered his record last year at the ATP 250 in Umag, followed by this ATP 500 course in Rio de Janeiro. If Miami wins, the next step to a complete draw is a Grand Slam.
No one as young as him has done so brilliantly twice as called ‘Double Sunshine’: after the semifinals of Indian Wells, stopped ‘in extremis’ of Rafael Nadal, will end in Miami. Another four ‘teens’, as the ATP calls them, reached the semifinals of both events, even though they were 19 years old. A fact that speaks of the future that awaits the student John Charles Ferrero. The four reached No. 1 in the world. They are Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Andre Agassi.
Double Indian Wells-Miami
Classification of teenagers
– Carlos Alcaraz / SF I. Wells 2022 (18 years) / F. Miami 2022 (18)
– Rafa Nadal / SF I. Wells 2026 (19) / F Miami 2005 (18)
– Novak Djokovic / FI. Wells 2007 (19) / Miami Champion 2007 (19)
– Andy Murray / SF I. Wells 2007 (19) / SF Miami 2007 (19)
– Andre Agassi / SF I. Wells 1988 (17) / Champion Miami 1990 (19)
Alcaraz was the first fourth-place finisher in Masters 1000 history, born with ATP in 1990, the second in Miami after Rafa Nadal, who in 18 years and 304 days lost in the 2005 final against Roger Federer. The one from El Palmar is in a position, therefore, to be Miami’s top champion. Take on a win against the Norwegian Casper Ruud23, on Sunday.
It was, in turn, the third youngest to enter the history of the Masters 1000 after the American Michael Chang, with 18 and 157 day winners in Toronto 1990, and Rafael Nadal, which began his reign in Monte Carlo at the ages of 18 and 318, in 2005, a course in which he also led Godó, debuting in the world top-10, Rome and Roland Garros.
Youngest Masters 1000 finishers
(1990 to 2022)
1. Michael Chang (USA) / Champion Toronto 1990/18 years and 157 days
2. Rafa Nadal (ESP) / Finalist Miami 2005/18 at 304
3. Rafa Nadal (ESP) / Monte Carlo Champion 2005/18 at 318
4. Richard Gasquet (Fra) / Finalist Hamburg 2005/18 at 331
5. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / Finalist Miami 2022/18 at 333
Source: La Verdad
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