Carlos Alcaraz was already ranked 11th on the world list. He is one of France’s open winner favorites.
18 years old Carlos Alcarazin the rise towards the world’s absolute tennis top continues at a tremendous pace. On Sunday, the Spaniard already won the first Masters-level tournament of his career when he beat the Norwegian in the Miami final. Casper Ruudin 7–5, 6–4. Alcaraz was already ranked 11th on the world list.
About a month later, Alcaraz, who turned 19, was ousted Novak Djokovicin As the youngest winner in the history of the Miami tournament. At the Masters level, the younger ones in the tournament have only won Michael Chang and Rafael Nadal. Amazingly, Alcaraz also became the first Spanish winner of the Miami Masters. Nadal, for example, has lost the Miami final five times.
– I have no words to describe how I feel. It’s really great to win my first Masters here in Miami, Alcaraz said after the final.
All indications are that Alcaraz’s profits will certainly not fall short of this. Experts around the world are beginning to believe that Alcaraz will be the next ruler of tennis as Roger Federer, Nadal and Djokovic will inevitably have to give up their positions.
Alcaraz has been talked about for a few years as a real super promise. So much has been said over the years about many others, but the Spaniard seems to be delivering on promises. At the ATP level, he was first seen at the age of 16 in early 2020, when he advanced to the second round by beating his compatriot, an experienced top player in Rio. Albert Ramos-Vinolasin.
The following year, he won his first ATP tournament in Umag. This year, Alcaraz won the Rio tournament before Miami’s full hit. Alcaraz have won 18 matches this year and lost just two in the Australian Open To Matteo Berrettin in the fifth installment of the tiebreak and to Nadal in Indian Wells.
As a curiosity, Alcaraz’s only loss ever to date at the Miami Masters came a year ago To Emil Ruusuvuori in the opening round of a tight three-round match.
Alcaraz’s game is spectacular to watch. His trademarks include very strong basic punches, with which he juggles the opponent’s field, and on the other hand, soft-hit stop punches. The stoppers were rarely out of tune in the Miami final, but instead Alcaraz demonstrated his effective passing work against Ruud. Kick passes in particular produced good results and the Spaniard followed his passes from time to time even to the net.
In the Grand Slam tournaments, Alcaraz’s best achievement so far is a semi-final place at last fall’s US Open. One of last year’s finest matches was Alcaraz’s five-round win Stefanos from Tsitsipas there. Greater success at the Grand Slam level is likely to come soon more. Alcaraz is an excellent mass field player and is already in the betting odds after France’s open third favorite Nadal and Djokovic.
Alcarazia will be coached by former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero. The backgrounds are fine. A young Spaniard may well become the number one in the world and dominate the fields for a long time.