Carlos Alcaraz: Rafa Nadal stayed up late to congratulate the new champion

the spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal congratulated his compatriot in the middle of the night Carlos Alcaraz After becoming champion of the US Open and has predicted “many more” victories.

Alcaraz, 19 years and four months old, beat the Norwegian Casper Ruud in New York 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7/1) and 6-3 in an unprecedented final, in which both players could win their first major trophy and the leadership of the ATP at the same time .

“Congratulations, Carlos Alcaraz for your first Grand Slam and for number 1, which is the culmination of your first great season, which I am sure will be many more!” Nadal posted on his Twitter account.

Next, Nadal had words of affection for the Norwegian Casper Ruud. “Great effort Casper Ruud. So proud of you! Bad luck today but amazing tournament and season! Keep going!” he wrote in English.

Alcaraz became the youngest world number one in history. Also, he is the youngest champion since Pete Sampras’ victory in 1990.

Before Alcaraz, three other Spanish tennis players had reached the first place of the ranking: Carlos Moya (1999), John Charles Ferrero (2003) and Nadal himself (2008).

Spain, in addition, also had two number one in the women’s world ranking: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (1995) and Garbiñe Muguruza (2017).

Alcaraz did not hide his happiness for the victory. !It’s something amazing. I never thought that he would achieve something like this at 19 years old. Everything has come so fast. It’s something I’ve dreamed of since I was a child, since I started playing tennis,” he declared.

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With AFP and Efe