Thanks to his exciting and marathon victory over the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (3), Which meant his ranking in the round of 16 of the US Open, the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, 18 years old and currently number 55 in the world, he broke several records, referring to his young age, in the top circuit.
The 185-centimeter Murcian, pupil of the historic Juan Carlos Ferrero, became the youngest player to reach fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament since 1992, When the Ukrainian Andrei Medvedev, who was 17 at the time and ended his career with 11 titles in his showcases, got it at Roland Garros. Besides, record a milestone similar to Major American, a tournament in which no one as a teenager played the second week since 1989, Edition in which locals Michael Chang, 17, and Pete Sampras, 18, just made their name on fire.
On the other hand, his party in front of the Hellenic brought even more history to his premature fame, because no one as newcomer beat a Top 3 member at the US Open since the ATP ranking was established in 1971. As a result, none signed so many surprises in a Grand Slam des Chang, at Roland Garros 1989, when he was 17. At the ATP level, the last to eliminate from a competition one of the top three on the planet had been the Canadian Denis Shapovalov , in Montreal 2017, when at the age of 17 he beat Rafael Nadal.