“I am burning steps so fast”, Carlos Alcaraz expresses his delight after his historical Miami Open victory
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Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz created Miami Open history by becoming the tournament’s youngest winner, defeating sixth seed Casper Ruud in the final 7-5 6-4. He is also the third-youngest Masters 1000 champion in history, having won the tournament in one hour and 52 minutes and living up to his billing as one of the tour’s most intriguing young players.
Only two men have won titles at this level at a younger age: Michael Chang, who won Toronto in 1990 at the age of 18 years and five months, and Rafael Nadal, who won Monte Carlo in 2005 at the age of 18 years and ten months. Alcaraz only dropped one set en route to his Miami title and will now compete on his favoured surface of the clay, encouraged by his best success to date.
“I am happy with the work”- Carlos Alcaraz
In an interview with Tennis Channel after his historical triumph, Alcaraz stated, “I am burning steps so fast, I didn’t expect that. My goal was to end the day in the top 15. But, now I am in 11, close to the top 10. I am going up so fast, I am happy with the work, with my team and everything I have done.”
When asked how he has developed into such a complete player at such a young age, Alcaraz heaped praise on his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero. “Juan Carlos played everything that I am playing. He has the experience that I am experiencing by now. So, he helped me a lot. It’s amazing to have Juan Carlos here with me. I am really happy with it. I am really happy to have Juan Carlos with me. My first Masters 1000 with him in the box is pretty special.”
Drawing conclusion to the famous comparison between two Spaniards as in he and Rafa, Carloz Alcaraz reiterated, “If they compare you with Rafa, that means you are doing a great thing. You’re in the right way. But then, I am trying to not think about that. I mean Rafa is Rafa and Carlos Alcaraz is Carlos Alcaraz.”
In the end, The youngest Miami Open winner concluded his sentence by unveiling His goals of getting into the top 10 rankings and being able to classify to the ATP finals at the end of the year.
Carlos Alcaraz becomes the youngest men’s singles champion in Miami Open
It makes the Spaniard, who is just a month away from his 19th birthday was the second-youngest finalist, behind Rafael Nadal in 2005, who was about a month younger than Alcaraz is now, although Nadal lost to Roger Federer in the championship match. Also, the young Spaniard became the youngest champion in Miami Open history — Novak Djokovic was 19 when he won the tournament, then the NASDAQ-100 Open, for the first time — and picked up $1,231,245 US for the victory, nearly doubling his career earnings with one check.
Nevertheless, as a result of his victory in Miami, Alcaraz will now be ranked No. 11 in the world, just outside the top ten. He set a target of breaking the world’s top 15 by the end of the year for the 2022 season, but he has already surpassed it just four months in.
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