New York: Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz outclassed Norway’s Casper Ruud to win his maiden Grand Slam title. With the win, Carlos becomes the youngest world number 1.
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The dream becomes reality.@carlosalcaraz is a Grand Slam champion. pic.twitter.com/sPFaAiVFNR
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 11, 2022
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The Spaniard took the first set 6-4 but Casper Ruud made a good comeback and registered a one-side 6-2 win in the second set. The third set of the US Open men’s singles final went to the tiebreaker with Carlos Alcaraz beating Casper Ruud to take a 2-1 set lead.
Alcaraz then won the third set 7-6 (7/1).
In the fourth set, Alcaraz put up a further better show and sealed the set 6-3 to take home his first Grand Slam.