‘The new Rafael Nadal? Carlos Alcaraz is a little bit different… he’s more like Roger Federer’ 17 September, 2020 'I let everyone down' - Tiafoe's apology for Alcaraz defeat was unnecessary but endearing 10 September, 2022 Dogs are the new tennis coaches at the US Open - but Martina Navratilova started it in the 70s 10 September, 2022 Before warm-up, he even ran from the net to the baseline – “doing a Nadal” you might call it – twice, once when he thought it was time to start hitting and one after he completed all the required photos. Alarm bells started ringing when former US Open finalist Pam Shriver posted on Twitter that she thought she had noticed a limp in Alcaraz’s backstage drills.Ĭertainly he seemed a little ginger walking through the bowels of Arthur Ashe and into the roofed cauldron, but there was no sense of that once he got going. One of the biggest questions coming into the match was whether Alcaraz, who had played three consecutive five-setters leading up to the final, all finishing after midnight and one as late as 2.45am, would be able to recover in time. The new world’s best player will beat that record when the rankings refresh in Monday morning by 17 months. I’m just 19 years old, so the tough decisions are with my parents, my team as well, so this is something that is really, really special for me.”Īlcaraz, who will still be a teenager until May, took the record for youngest world No 1 away from Lleyton Hewitt, who was 20 years and nine months old when he first topped the rankings back in November 2001. “All the hard work that my team did, my family me.
This is something that I work really hard.
“This is something that I dreamed of since I was a kid, to be number one in the world, to be champion of a grand slam.
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