Carlos Alcaraz wins the US Open and takes the lead in the world rankings – US Open

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz won the US Open, his first major tournament, Sunday, by defeating Casper Ruud in the Norwegian final, and will rise from fourth to first in the world tennis rankings.

At 19, Alcaraz, who defeated Roode, seventh in the hierarchy, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (1) and 6-3, in three hours and 23 minutes, will become the youngest-ever world leader, overtaking The Australian record holder Lleyton Hewitt, who in 2000 reached the top at the age of 20 years and nine months.

The Russian-born tennis player won his first Grand Slam tournament in his first final of this type, adding his sixth title, after winning the Masters 1000 in Madrid, Miami, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro in 2022, and in Umag, last year, in seven finals, after defeat In Umag and Hamburg, this year already.

At Flushing Meadows, Alcaraz beat Ruud, 23, who lost again in a Grand Slam final after losing at Roland Garros, in June, to Rafael Nadal, in what was a final of 13, with eight wins, in Gstaad and in Geneva. , in 2021 and 2022, in Buenos Aires, in 2020 and this year, with others last year, in San Diego, Kitzbühel and Bastad.