Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud in four sets to win the 2022 US Open for his first career major.
It was a rainy, dank day in Flushing Meadows, with the dreary white roof closed on Arthur Ashe Stadium. But the Spanish sunshine broke through the gloom and lifted 19-year-old speedster, Carlos Alcaraz, to his first U.S. Open title and first major crown of his career.
Despite playing five-set marathons in his three previous bouts, Alcaraz had enough left to repel the consistency of Norway’s Casper Ruud to become the youngest Open men’s winner since 1990 when a 19-year-old Pete Sampras won it all. This was not one of Alcaraz’s five-set marathons but it was still exhausting, a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 6-3 triumph at Ashe before a sellout crowd of 23,859.
The turning point came late in a 73-minute third set when Alcaraz fought off two set points to force a tiebreaker. Had Ruud converted, Alcaraz would’ve trailed two sets to one and possibly run out of gas.The pivotal rally came after he shook off the set points and went up an advantage with both players getting to tough drop shots. Alcaraz lobbed Ruud, who tracked it down with a between-the-legs return.
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