Ruud, who showed sportsmanship during the first set, participated in the Korea Open later this month
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19-year-old rookie Carlos Alkaras (4th place, Spain) became the youngest player in history to become the youngest no.
Alkaras defeated Casper Rood (7th, Norway) 3-1 (6-4 2-6 7-6) in the men’s singles final on the final day of the tournament at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, USA on 12 (Korea time). 6-3) has been deleted.
Alkaras, born on May 12, 2003, becomes the 12th and the new number 1 in the world ranking of men’s professional tennis singles (ATP).
At 19 years and 4 months, becoming world number one in singles is the youngest record since 1973, when the ATP world rankings were established.
The previous record was held by Leyton Hewitt (Australia), who took first place in November 2001 at the age of 20 years and 9 months.
Therefore, Alkaras became the first player in the world to become the number one single player in the world at the age of 10.
It is also the youngest major men’s singles win since Rafael Nadal (3rd place, Spain), who won the French Open in 2005 at the age of 19.
In terms of US Open alone, he is the youngest men’s singles champion since Pete Sampras (retired, USA) won the championship in 1990 at the age of 19 years and 1 month.
Alkaras, also called “Nadal’s successor”, had his best performance in major tournaments before this tournament at the US Open in 2021 and in the quarter-finals of this year’s French Open.
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In particular, Alkaras has overcome the difficulties of competing in five sets of three consecutive games starting from the round of 16 of this tournament and has captured two rabbits, the first big victory of his career and the number one in the world rankings.
The quarter-finals with Jannik Sinner (13th, Italy) lasted a good 5 hours and 15 minutes, and the match ended at 2:50 local time, literally “blood battle”.
The game ended at 2:50 am, the longest time in US Open history, and 5 hours and 15 minutes was the second longest game in US Open history.
In the semifinal two days ago, Ruud defeated Karen Khachanov (31st, Russia) 3-1 (7-6). 6-2 5-7 6-2), Alkaras played 5 more sets with Francis Tiapo (26th, USA), 3-2 (6-7) 6-3 6-1 6-7 6-3) to win.
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At the end of the match, Ruud ended the match about 6 hours early, giving him a physical advantage ahead of the final.
However, Alkaras, who fell 5-6 in the game’s 3rd set score, got over the crisis of suffering two set points in Ruud and took the 3rd set after a tie break, and the game’s lead. it was transferred to Alkaras.
In the fourth set, Alkaras took a 3-2 lead, and in the sixth game, Ruud’s backhand was long, leading to 4-2.
Alkaras was led 0-30 in his next side game but defended the side game with two side aces.
In an interview after the game, Alkaras said: “I have dreamed of becoming number one in the world and winning a major since I was a child,” he said.
Roude, who finished second at the French Open this year, would have achieved his first major championship and world number 1.
Ruud, who finished 2nd in the world, showed his sportsmanship during the match of the first set and received cheers from the fans.
He ran to catch the ball that fell in front of the court in a situation where he was 3-4 behind in the first set, but the ball had already bounced to the ground twice.
However, as the referee did not call and the match continued as it was, Ruud informed the referee chairman that Alkaras scored the first goal.
In an interview after runner-up, Rood showed court manners, such as conveying words of consolation to American fans for the September 11, 2001 terror attacks that took place on September 11 on a local date. He will attend and meet national fans.
/ yunhap news
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