the spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz was consecrated as champion on the cement of the Masters 1000 from Miami at just 18 years old, after defeating Norwegian Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-4 this Sunday in one hour and 52 minutes of play. The world number 16 defeated the number eight and thus became the youngest tennis player in history to lift the crown in Florida.
This is the most important trophy in Alcaraz’s short career, which surpassed the record held for that tournament by Novak Djokovic, champion in 2007 at the age of 19 years and 10 months.
After his victory, Alcaraz ran to hug his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, former number one in the world, who had missed almost the entire tournament due to the death of his father, but who arrived in Miami in the run-up to the final and surprised his pupil.
the murcian staged a great comeback on center court at Hard Rock Stadium, because Ruud (who eliminated Francisco Cerúndolo in the semis) went on to lead 4-1 in the first set.
Overcoming this, Alcaraz reacted and ended up sealing the victory, with which he obtained his third title as a professional. The other two were conquered in Umag 2021 and Rio de Janeiro, last February.
With the victory, he also became the third youngest player to win a Masters 1000: only the American Michael Chang, in Toronto 1990, and Nadal, who won it in Monte Carlo 2005, did so earlier.
Regarding your position in the ranking, with this victory he will go from 16th to 11th step and will be on the verge of the top 10, just before the European tour on clay, his preferred surface. Just a year ago, on April 5, 2021, he was ranked 133rd on the list.
“I have no words to describe how I feel right now. It is so special to win my first Masters 1000 in Miami. I am very happy,” said Alcaraz, who took another step in his meteoric rise.
