The Spanish star won seven of the eight points in the eventual tiebreaker, in addition to winning 10 of the previous 12 points overall.Īfter splitting the first four games of the fourth set, Alcaraz caught fire as he won four of the final five games to win the match. He came back to win the ensuing game and tie it up at 6-6. But after Ruud took a 6-5 lead, Alcaraz really turned it on. It appeared that Ruud was going to take a two sets to one lead in the third set.

Ruud, who also had never won a Grand Slam title entering Sunday, split the opening two sets with Alcaraz. Ruud reached a Grand Slam final for the second time this year, as he also made it to the 2022 French Open final.

1 player.Īlcaraz's previous best finish came earlier this year when he reached the 2022 French Open quarterfinals, where he lost to Alexander Zverev. Additionally, the 19-year-old budding star is also the youngest player to ever be ranked as the world's No. With the Grand Slam victory, Alcaraz becomes the No. In addition, Alcaraz is the seventh youngest male or female to ever win a Grand Slam tournament.

In doing so, Alcaraz became the second-youngest player to win a men's US Open title at 19 years, 129 days old, only trailing Pete Sampras. Alcaraz came away with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 win over Ruud to win his first career Grand Slam title. Carlos Alcaraz, at just 19, completed an improbable journey on Sunday in Flushing Meadows as he defeated No.

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