Episode 2266
Carlos Alcaraz
Mon, 2023-Jul-17 01:56 UTC
Length - 2:55
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With 1,898,650 views on Sunday, 16 July 2023 our article of the day is Carlos Alcaraz.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos alkaˈɾaθ]; born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won twelve ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, 2022 US Open, and four Masters 1000 titles. With the US Open win, Alcaraz became the youngest man in history to top the singles rankings at 19 years, 4 months, and 6 days old, and the first teenager in the Open Era to top the men's rankings. As a junior, Alcaraz was ranked as high as world No. 22 and won two titles on the ITF Junior Circuit. After turning professional in 2018, he won three titles on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and four on the ATP Challenger Tour and broke into the top 100 in rankings in May 2021. Two months later, Alcaraz reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2021 Croatia Open, an ATP 250 tournament, where he won his first title. He later entered the top 50 after reaching the quarterfinals at the following US Open and won the year-end 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan.
After winning his first ATP 500 title at the Rio Open in February 2022, Alcaraz won his first Masters 1000 title at the Miami Open and his second ATP 500 title at the Barcelona Open in April, propelling him into the top 10. In September of the same year he defeated Casper Ruud in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2022 US Open. In May 2023, Alcaraz was awarded the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award. In July 2023, Alcaraz won Wimbledon, his second major title.
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