Original title: Men’s tennis ushered in the world’s youngest 19-year-old number one star to win the US Open championship
After the era of the “Big Three”, there have been only a few changes in men’s tennis. On the morning of September 12, Beijing time, in the 2022 US Open men’s singles final, 19-year-old Spanish star Alcaraz won the championship with a 3-1 win over Norway’s Rudd, his first Grand Slam victory . time, he became the world’s youngest number one in men’s tennis. The “Big Three” are aging and the history of tennis, belonging to the new generations, opens a new chapter.
The two new talents inaugurated in this final of the US Open are captivating. Rudd, a player from Northern Europe, is the first Norwegian player to reach the Grand Slam final. Alcarras, a Spanish player on clay, has only reached the final for the second time in his career at the US Open.
This year’s US Open final will be rewarded handsomely: whoever wins the championship will become the new Grand Slam champion and the 28th world number one in men’s tennis. Under the great honor, the two players compete not only for their skills, but also for their ability to withstand pressure. After Alcalás and Rudd secured their serve in the first set, Alcalás found a chance to break the serve in Rude’s second match. After that, the Spanish star kept the lead until the end, winning 6 to 4. In the first set, Alcaraz scored 13 winning points.
In the second set, the two teams fought 2-2.After resolving a break point crisis in the 5th game, Rudd took the opportunity of Alcaraz’s decline and won the last 4 games in a row, drawing the score of 6-2. The Norwegian only had 2 unforced errors in this set.
In the third set, Alcalás and Rudd stalled. Rudd forced 2 counters into Alcaraz’s serve, but failed to win the game. As Rudd’s mentality fluctuated, he made many mistakes at key points in the tiebreak. This year Alcalás won his first tiebreaker at the US Open. In this US Open, Alcaraz played a total of 5 tie-breaks and lost all 4 tie-breaks first.
In the fourth set, Alcalás becomes more and more courageous, Rude holds out for two games of service and is broken in the 6th game, Alcalás overcomes the problem of the loss of service and gets the service. In the end, Alcalás won the ninth game, sealed the victory 6-3 and won the men’s singles championship at this US Open.
So far, Alcaraz, who is competing in the US Open Grand Slam for the second time, has won his first Grand Slam title with his 51st win this season. He made history and became the youngest number one in the world since the ATP points system was implemented in 1973, breaking the record set by Hewitt in 2001 (20 years, 8 months and 26 days). At the same time, he is the youngest Grand Slam champion since Nadal won the French Open in 2005. Nadal was just two days after his 19th birthday when he won the championship. At this US Open, Nadal was knocked out by guest player Tiafoe in the quarter-finals. Djokovic had previously been unable to come to the US Open to begin his title defense due to vaccine issues. Swiss player Federer also moves further and further away from the Grand Slam stadium. All this creates the favorable conditions for the accession to the throne of Alcalás.
Although the world of men’s tennis is poised to end the era of the Big Three, it is unclear how much fuel is left in Nadal, Djokovic and even in Federer’s “fuel tank”. Men’s tennis is more willing to see the younger generation really take their space from the hands of the former giants. With Alcaraz becoming the fourth number 1 in the world of Spanish men’s singles after Nadal, Moya and his coach Ferrero, men’s tennis could truly usher in a new generation of leaders. Starting with Alcalás, we will see more and more post-00 players emerge, who step by step make discoveries and lay the foundations for the change of dynasty. (Reporter Chu Peng)
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