Carlos Alcaraz he was one step away from getting his thirteenth ATP title, fifth Masters 1000 ATP. He lost the Cincinnati final to Novak Djokovic, who lifted his 95th trophy after coming back a ‘match’ point from who continues to be world number one in the ATP ranking this week, before the start of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the season, on Monday, August 28.
At 20 years and 3 months old, the Murcian will exhibit his crown in New York, where he inaugurated his Grand Slam crown box and became the youngest player to reach ATP world number one.
He is a precocious genius, the technicians ensure that the best of each of the members of the ‘Big 3’ converges: his current greatest rival, Novak Djokovicthe injured Rafael Nadal and the retired Roger Federer.
At his age, only Nadal had more titles (17), equaled his two Grand Slams and surpassed his Masters 1000 with six. The difference is that the Manacorí had already triumphed a couple of times at Roland Garros, not yet on the Wimbledon grass like the Murcian. He had lost his first final, in 2006.
More surprising is the ‘late’ growth of Roger Federer, especially, and Novak Djokovic. The Swiss had only conquered Milan in the five finals played at the age of 20 years and 3 months. It was at 22 when he exploded and began the path of his 20 Grand Slams, 103 ATP titles.
Djokovic has the record of ‘great’ with 23, after breaking the balance to 22 with Rafael Nadal chaining Australian Open and Roland Garros. At 20 years and 3 months old, he had six ATP titles, half that of Alcaraz and practically a third that of Nadal. He had added two 1000 ATP Masters, it took him a few more weeks to reach the US Open final and a few more months to debut at the Australian Open.
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Djokovic He continues on top at 36 years old, at 37 Nadal is fighting a hip injury to try to return in 2024 and fully end his long career. At 40 Federer had to capitulate due to a knee problem.
Alcaraz has started fast. Time will reveal until when.
2023-08-22 10:23:46
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