MURCIA. the progression of Carlos Alcaraz Garfia to stand in the top 20 of world tennis with still 18 years give strength to their options to be number 1 in the ATP and the results only corroborate it, since He has faced 11 of the 19 players ahead of him on that list in his successful although still short career and has won seven of them.
The young man from Murcia, who will turn 19 on May 5 and has already won the ATP 500 of Rio de Janeiro this Sunday and before Umag ATP 250 and the tournament Next Gen ATP Finalshas reached what is its limit for now and has achieved it by facing rivals of a very high level, how could it be otherwise.
Since his debut on the professional circuit in 2020 he has been able to beat the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, current number 4; into italian Matteo Berrettini, who is number 6 and who was beaten twice in three games; to norwegian Casper Ruud, the 8; also Italian Jannik Sinner, the 10; to the British Cameron Norrie, The 12; to the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, whom he defeated in the final in Rio, on the 13th; and to Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, the 19.
However, he could not with the Russian Daniil Medvedev, the 2; with the german Alexander Zverev, Number 3; With the spanish Reef Nadal, the 5; nor with the canadian Felix Auger AliassimeThe 9.
Alcaraz is an example of precocity and can boast of being one of the 18 tennis players under the age of 19 who have reached the top 20 of the ATP since the count is made.
The American Michael Chang took that position with 17 years, 2 months and 16 days in May 1989 and overwhelmingly leads that particular race of precocity.
The comparison in this sense with the three best tennis players in history and who are still active –Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic y Roger Federer– favors Alcaraz, since he came to this selective group with 18 years, 9 months and 16 dayssince the Balearic Islands were top 20 on April 4, 2005 with 18 years, 10 months and 1 day; the Serbian on October 16, 2006 with 19 years, 4 months and 24 days; and the Swiss on February 26, 2001 with 19 years, 6 months and 17 days.
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