The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz has a double date with history this Sunday, when he faces the Norwegian Casper Ruud on the US Open finalwith the possibility of winning the first ‘big’ of his career and becoming the youngest number one in the world at the same time.
Being number one in the world ranking was Alcaraz’s biggest dream in his childhood, even more than winning a ‘Grand Slam’, as he himself acknowledged. This Sunday he won’t have to choose, it will be an all or nothing final for both him and Ruud, who will go from seventh to first if he lifts the title in New York.
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At 19 years old and con two Masters 1,000 titles in his pocketAlcaraz can make history and snatch the youngest number one record in history from Australian Lleyton Hewitt, and can also become the youngest US Open champion since the American did it Peter Sampras in 1990.
Only four Spanish tennis players have been number one in the world: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995), Carlos Moyá (2003), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003), coach of Alcaraz, and Rafa Nadal (2008).
